What is latitude?
Explain your answers

A. A measure of how far given object is north or south of the equator

B. A measure of how far given object is east or west of a location

C. A measure of how far given object is north or south from the poles

D. All of the above

the only other powers were germany russia and uk and they were too busy fighting each other wearing each other down   that the us was becoming strong and they were becoming weaker

i think the answer to your question is: settlement of the interior and economic growth. ( ^_^)／