The Missouri Compromise was a compromise between people that wanted slaves and didn't so that there was supposedly an equal amount of slave states and anti-slave states in the union. Missouri was admitted into the union as a slave state and Maine was admitted into the union as a free state. So, Missouri and Maine.
        
             
        
        
        
The correct answer is <em>D) American firms purchasing industrial equipment from German companies</em>.
The balance of trade is the difference between a nation's exports and imports in a given period. A nation is considered to have a trade surplus when its exports exceed its imports. On the other hand, it is considered to have a trade deficit when its imports exceed its exports. 
The United States currently holds a trade deficit. In this case, the purchase of German equipment represents a contribution to the total imports of the United States. Therefore, there is a growth in the trade deficit of the country. 
 
        
             
        
        
        
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C. executive
D. life
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C
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an abolitionist is someone who is against slavery or capital punishment.
 
        
             
        
        
        
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Selective attention functions as a filter to keep the brain working optimally as it goes about its daily activities. Therefore, it makes the human brain focus on a particular task at a time; blocking out distractions.
While playing and paying close attention to the soccer match, John became heavily concentrated on the game. Thus, the brain engaged his 'selective attention' which made him lose the ability to feel the pain from the injury he sustained during the game.