Describe the similarities between the Great Depression and America’s housing and economic crisis that began in 2008.

Both the 2001 recession and the Great Depression were business investment recessions that followed periods of excessive investment. ... However, this downturn in industrial activity was modest compared to that experienced during the Great Depression, when industrial production fell by more than half.

Explanation:

a, c, & d are correct:

they wanted lands to settle the extra population.

they wanted new markets for english goods.

they wanted to avoid civil war.

b.provides a written record of the transaction