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the states below were added to the union during the decade following the war of 1812:
indiana (1816)
mississippi (1817)
illinois (1818)
alabama (1819)
maine (1820)
missouri (1821)
which statement best explains how the war of 1812 contributed to the growth of the united states to include these states? (5 points)
select one:
a. large numbers of soldiers later settled in the territories where the war had been fought.
b. military heroes from the war went into politics in the territories where the war had been fought.
c. the reduction of british aid to native americans near the mississippi river made white settlement easier.
d. british aid significantly grew the economies of the territories in the mississippi river valley.

How were chinese immigrants treated in the late 1800s

What word best describes the tone of this excerpt from "the fall of the house of usher" by edgar allan poe? i looked upon the scene before me—upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain—upon the bleak walls—upon the vacant eye-like windows—upon a few rank sedges—and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees—with an utter depression of soul which i can compare to no earthly sensation more properly than to the after-dream of the reveller upon opium—the bitter lapse into everyday life—the hideous dropping off of the veil. there was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart—an unredeemed dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime. what was it—i paused to think—what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the house of usher? it was a mystery all insoluble; nor could i grapple with the shadowy fancies that crowded upon me as i pondered. i was forced to fall back upon the unsatisfactory conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects which have the power of thus affecting us, still the analysis of this power lies among considerations beyond our depth. it was possible, i reflected, that a mere different arrangement of the particulars of the scene, of the details of the picture, would be sufficient to modify, or perhaps to annihilate its capacity for sorrowful impression; and, acting upon this idea, i reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled lustre by the dwelling, and gazed down—but with a shudder even more thrilling than before—upon the remodelled and inverted images of the gray sedge, and the ghastly tree-stems, and the vacant and eye-like windows. admiration terror hope discovery loss

Which of the following was a goal of european conservatives in the early 1800s? a. the establishment of a homeland for people with a common heritage b. the expansion of suffrage to the middle class c. the constitutional protection of natural rights d. the preservation of traditional ways of life