The correct answer is C) the British government favored the North over the South.
The statement that best describes the political position of Great Britain during the Civil War was "the British government favored the North over the South."
The British government tried to maintain neutrality but had political interests with the North and economic interest with the South. On paper, they supported the North because England did not want another confrontation with the Union that could end up in war. The Union warned foreign countries not to support the rebel states in any way because it could be an act of war against the United States. But Britain imported cotton from the Confederated states plantations, so they were very cautious to keep trading with the South and avoid a political confrontation with the North
In the American Revolutionary War, the British were fighting for themselves against the Americans and, further into the war, the French.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Chief Seattle considered strange that the American government would want to buy the land on which the tribe is living because he questioned the President of the United States how he wanted to put a price on elements that had no material or monetary value such as the freshness of the air, or the beauty of the sky. How he questioned US President Franklin Pierce, there was a price for the sparkle of the water.
Chief Seattle's view of this land was that mother Earth was something sacred for the Native American Indians. Nature was holy for his tribe. All the elements of nature were sacred and celebrated by the Native Indians. That is why they performed dances to the elements and chants, to thank mother nature for everything it provided.
Your ending the trade of slaves and ending slavery would be ending owning a slave at all.
