A deal to buy California and settle the Texas boundary line--Slidell worked as an ambassador to Mexico to offer $25 million for California and agreement to set the boundary line of Texas at the Rio Grande.
Slidell brought this deal to Mexico partly because Texas was a free independent state that wanted to be annexed by the US but had not settled their southern border. The US wanted the boundary settled before annexing Texas. Also the wanted the California region to expand land holdings. Mexico rejected the offer.
Ans: Russo-Japanese War, (1904–05), military conflict in which a victorious Japan forced Russia to abandon its expansionist policy in East Asia, thereby becoming the first Asian power in modern times to defeat a European power.
Answer:
I think it is B
Explanation:
Southern states that seceded immediately after Lincoln's election in 1860 did so because they had already been planning it in the event of a Republican victory. Their motivation involved what they perceived as a threat to the institution of slavery, which their economy was dependent upon.
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A. trusts had no federal backing or insuring holding companies were also considered private lenders and holders so there was no federal back Lash therefore monopoly laws didnt apply.
Confirmation bias happened when a personal belief and desire are directly influenced. It is something like that when p[people want to confirm that it is true and they believing it that it is confirmed true. In this situation, we believe that information that we believe even we ignore other information that confirms it doubtful.
It indicates that we do not see the situation objectively but we see it subjectively so the belief is biased. Even we pick that data that feels us happy and confirmed our prejudice. It is also found in an anxious patient who always seeks that the world is in danger.
