C is the correct answer.
A strict constructionist would interpret the Constitution using only the words as written in the text without considerations for legislative history and the like.
The 13th Amendment is to abolish (rid) slavery. I'm not understanding the question as to what the purpose was. Can you be more specific or did you just need to know what it was?
Answer:
Texas delegates met to formally announce Texas' intention to separate from Mexico and to draft the constitution of the new Republic of Texas.
Explanation:
It was the period of Catholic resurgence initiated by in response to the Protestant Reformation.
Abolitionists were cautious and not jubilant when Lincoln was elected president in 1860 because Lincoln "never spoke out against slavery".
Abolitionists were those following Abolitionism aimed at ending the slavery of Africans or anyone for that matter. <span>John Brown is known to be the most militant abolitionist who is reported to have lead many attacks on people in favor of slavery.</span>
