Answer:
b. religious persecution of the Protestant peasants
c. heavy taxation and seizure of property by the warring factions
Explanation:
The Scotch-Irish Americans were American descendants of the Protestants who migrated to America during the 18th and 19th centuries. These immigrants came to America through Philadelphia and Delaware. Then, they then moved inland and simply claimed the vacant land they saw. However, their movement was a result of many factors. Of these factors, two factors are prominent:
The high rents and religious persecution are often cited as the push and pull factors. Some of the people had their properties heavily taxed. Others, were persecuted by the church at that time.
1. The Wilmot Proviso is a proposed law by United States politician David Wilmot to ban slavery in western territories gained from Mexico in Mexican-American War.
2. The main issues that led to Henry Clay's proposed compromise were a. California applying for its statehood, b. fugitive slave law was created, and c. northerners wanted the slave trade to be banned in Washington DC.
3. The status of new western territories would be decided by popular sovereignty in which the citizens would be the one to decide (by means of voting) whether their territory would permit or ban slavery.
4. If southern states seceded from the Union, then the southern states would form their own government.
U.S. troops aided South Korea with support from the UN.
