PLZ HURRY. There is on the globe one single spot the possessor of which is our natural and constant enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the products of three-eighths of our territory must
pass through to sell ... France placing herself in that door, assumes to us the attitude of
defiance (open resistance). Spain might have retained it quietly for years. Her peaceful
dispositions(actions), her weak state, would induce(encourage) her to increase our presence
there, so that her possession of the New Orleans would be hardly be felt by us ... It never be
that way in the hands of France
... Circumstances render it impossible that France and the United States can continue long
friends when they meet in such a difficult position...
The United States is now fixed on the affairs of Louisiana. Perhaps nothing since the
Revolutionary War has produced more uneasy sensations through the body of the nation.
Thomas Jefferson letter to Robert R. Livingston (1802)
Why was New Orleans a problem for the United States?
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Read the following passages. passage a: we who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. they may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances - to choose one's own way. passage b: for as long as political life has existed in germany, there has never been a movement such as ours. created from nothing and embracing people of all regions, all classes, all professions, all heritages. they can oppress us; they can even kill us. but we will never surrender. passage c: who am i? they also tell me/ i bore the days of misfortune/ equably, smilingly, proudly, /like one accustomed to win. passage d: a democratic government did nothing to stem the flow of high inflation and unemployment that seemed to grow worse week by week. people grew desperate for change. which passage offers the truest belief of nazism in germany? passage b passage d passage a passage c