As the United States began to focus its attention toward the ______, the rights of ______ received less and less attention and protection.

a. Pacific Ocean; African Americans
b. Eastern Seaboard; the states
c. Northwest Territories; individual citizens
d. Southwest; Hispanic Americans


a. Pacific Ocean; African Americans

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