The abolitionist movement was very powerful in the North, since the North did not rely heavily on a slave population and because slavery had long-since been depleted in the region.
<span>7. I think that the best answer is this one: B. The Native American population had been greatly reduced through war and disease. A great part of the indigenous population has died as a result of the disease, and while they were also made to work for the settlers, the Spaniards wanted to have even more laborers. </span>