Answer:
They ensured a huge free-state like California while giving the regions a chance to decide in favor of themselves.
They trusted the regions would cast a ballot to permit subjugation.
They trusted that if the regions cast a ballot to permit subjugation they would hold an enormous populace and various states the regions made up more land than California.
Answer:
ACLU stands for American Civil Liberties Union :)
The X,Y,Z affair was an incident between French and American diplomats where they were trying to make a deal that would stop the French from seizing the America ships.
(that resulted in a war known as the Quasi-War.)
Americans were angered by this because the French agents wanted large amounts of money just to stop them from seizing their ships
Answer:
Mountains can be very difficult to cross. They are often rugged and filled with forests and wild animals, such as bears and wolves. They may have no natural 'passes,' or easy places to cross the mountains. Mountains can also be hard to climb or may have ice or snow or glaciers that make travel dangerous.
Explanation:
All this means that crossing over mountains - to trade goods or to fight a war - can be tough to do. Sometimes, people who live surrounded by mountains feel very isolated from the world around them. It is just too difficult to cross over to other lands.
