<span>In the feudal system of the Medieval age, a Serf was a person who was bound to the land of his Lord. A Serf was required to service the Lord as requested. Typically, the peasant Serf would perform manual farm labor on the land and then any other duties requested by his Lord, in exchange for using part of the Lord's land to generate their own food.</span>
The answer is B. Partisanship.
Partisanship is basically political bias; a party is in favor of a specific cause/event. Therefore, when elected officials support the policies and programs of their own party, they're engaging in partisanship.
"<span>b. They said there was no more room in the country to take in more immigrants" was not usually an argument given since the nation was still expanding to some extent, with plenty of room in the midwest and west. </span>