The correct answer is b and d
Answer:
they lost their political independence
Explanation:
Wage and price freezes, surcharges on imports, and the unilateral cancellation of the direct international convertibility of the United States dollar to gold.
Answer:
By the residents of a territory.
Explanation:
Note the quote, quote:
"<em>In my opinion, the people of a Territory can, by lawful means, </em><em>exclude slavery from their limits prior to the formation of the State Constitution</em>... [regardless of] <em> what way the Supreme Court may hereafter decide...</em>"
As duly stated in the quote from the excerpt given to you, the author wants the people of the territory (or state in any case) to decide on their own whether or not they want to be a slave state or not.
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