1. Evaluate the extent to which the emergence of regional identities shaped the political development of the
United States from 1800-1848.

Regional identities, after the American Revolutionary War, began to coalesce in two big coalitions: the Northern Coalition, which was pro-industry, anti-slavery (abolitionist), pro-tariffs, and tolerant of many immigrant groups.

And anotehr coalition, in the South: formed by southern slave lords in the Deep South, who obviously defended slavery, and also by Appalachian frontiersmen, who sometimes sided with the Northerners, but most often sided with the deep southerners due to their mistrust of federal government encroachment.

the correct answer option is: weapons.

explanation:

tensions rose as the two opposing superpowers competed for 'weapons'.

referring to the cold war (1945-1991), the two superpowers, usa and ussr, experienced a phase of struggle and conflict with each other. these two superpowers considered each other as a threat to their survival and thus opted for policies to strengthen their positions.

the two superpowers never went to war with each other directly but competed for weapons to preserve their positions.