Which statement best describes the influence of catherine the great on russia? a. she allied with austria and prussia to protect the territory of poland-lithuania. b. she embarked on a program of reform of government, law, and education. c. she studied western ideas but did not encourage russians to adopt them. d. she made diplomatic efforts to acquire a warm-water port on the black sea.

I am 99.99% sure the answer is D. I learnt this like last semester or something, so I’m 100% sure, but I’m very confident that it is D. Hope I gave you the right answer!

here are some events that to cause increased conflict between the north and south

1) mexican cession- gaining modern day california, utah, arizona, and new mexico from mexico. caused southern and northern politicians to fight over whether or not there would be slavery in these newly acquired territories.

2) uncle tom's cabin- this famous book described the cruelty of slavery in the south during the antebellum period, causing more northerners to support abolition and southerners to resent the book as they felt it unfairly depicted southern society.

3) kansas- nebraska act- disagreements over whether or not kansas and nebraska would be free or slave states caused issues between northern and southern politicians in congress.

4) bleeding kansas- this fighting took place in kansas after congress allowed this territory to vote on whether or not they would have slavery. citizens were killed and buildings were destroyed during this fighting.

keeping a cash reserve because cash flow is the the movement of money through a company and if it just sits there, it wont the movement