It allowed the people to vote on whether or not they want slavery. This meant that the states with people who wanted slavery could have it regardless of the congress and that's exactly what happened. It relieved tension because people could choose and the congress couldn't bother them.
The U.S. general who led the siege of Mexico City was Winfield Scott.
A is the answer. The Supreme Court can rule laws and regulations unconstitutional.
The attack of China meant that there was a huge market and a potential ally cut off from the European powers.
Explanation:
The Chinese market was very lucrative and the nations had believed China would develop into a strong political ally of the nations that are in close ties with it but this was sent in jeopardy when Japan brutally attacked the country and looted its capital.
This ruined the relations between Japan and the western powers and made war an inevitability as the powers could not let go such a brutal attack on one of their staunch allies to go unpunished.
The West Bank and eastern Jerusalem