The election of 1848 did nothing to quell the controversy over whether slavery would advance into the Mexican Cession. Some slaveholders, like President Taylor, considered the question a moot point because the lands acquired from Mexico were far too dry for growing cotton and therefore, they thought, no slaveholder would want to move there. Other southerners, however, argued that the question was not whether slaveholders would want to move to the lands of the Mexican Cession, but whether they could and still retain control of their slave property. Denying them the right to freely relocate with their lawful property was, they maintained, unfair and unconstitutional. Northerners argued, just as fervidly, that because Mexico had abolished slavery, no slaves currently lived in the Mexican Cession, and to introduce slavery there would extend it to a new territory, thus furthering the institution and giving the Slave Power more control over the United States. The strong current of antislavery sentiment—that is, the desire to protect white labor—only increased the opposition to the expansion of slavery into the West.
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1. Columbus is worthy of celebration by all Americans because he represents our ancestry.
2. Celebrating Columbus Day is a continuous way of saying "We're proud to be Americans, and equally proud of our Italian heritage and ancestry."
3. 57 percent of Americans believe that it's a good idea to have a holiday named for him.
4. Columbus was a man whose approach to the native people he met during his first voyage was exemplary, taking delight in their friendliness and happy demeanor.
5. He practically defines our understanding of the spirit of discovery is himself worth rediscovering, and worth teaching, with both truth and objectivity.
Number one: You're answer is D. The government controlled everything, due to it being Communist.
Number two: The answer is C. When oil lost it's price dramatically, the USSR's economy fell and it could no longer control the Middle East as well as before
Number Three: The answer is A. Socialist republic Russia today isn't officially a communist country. But there are many communist factors, and traits that it is using right now.
