Why did the british seek to control louisiana, specifically new orleans? select the two correct answers. a) the mississippi river provided a way to irrigate the land. b) new orleans was founded by the british. c) the mississippi river gave access to a large portion of north america. d) new orleans' financial district was superior to others in north america. e) new orleans was an important port.

“the battle of stalingrad is not a turning point necessarily in strategic terms, because a lot more has to be done before the soviets can be certain of defeating germany,” says renowned world war ii historian richard overy. the germans had fought nearly a thousand miles across the soviet union to get to stalingrad.

worldwide, 780 million people do not have access to an improved water source. an estimated 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation (more than 35% of the world's population)

1 > george s. boutwell

2 > general ulysses s. grant

3 > james a. garfeild

4 > adolph e. borie

payments were made after the 1940s.

in the 1980s, a commission held investigations and made recommendations.