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Why did Europeans encourage overseas exploration

They didn't encourage it, but they did it to expand their empire, wealth, and power, through exploring the New World. It was helped along via the competitiveness between Spain and England, the two global superpowers that were competing for the most power, new land, and wealth.

What did William Henry seward want to do

Apex-type question, already rephrased and answered

How did the Panama Canal boost commerce

It made travel between the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean much faster.

It made it unnecessary to sail around South America.

Why did the United states want to gain control of Guam

To establish a naval base

Was Cuba considered the Spanish in the Spanish- American War

Cuba was a territory of Spain until the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898. The war was betweein the U.S.and Spain not the U.S. and Cuba.

What was an argument made by progressives against child labor

it hurt society for the children to not attend school.

What caused the economic downturns in the late 1800s

Businesses made more goods than people had the money to buy.

Did Jazz form from Native Americans or African-Americans

african americans

Rubber for factories in the United States was dependent upon imports from

Asia and Africa.

What statement about open doors notes is true

The nations that received them did not fully accept them.

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