<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, <span>the correct response would be the second one, having to do with that fact that each faced foreign invasions, since neither had in place a sufficient defense system. </span></span>
Senate, and the house of representatives
Dred Scott decision, formally Dred Scott v. John F.A. Sandford, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1857, ruled that a slave, who had resided in a free state and territory was not thereby entitled to his freedom; that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States; and that the Missouri Compromise , which had declared free all territories west of Missouri and north of latitude 36°30′, was unconstitutional. If you need more informaion go to https://www.britannica.com/event/Dred-Scott-decision and it should help out alot .