Southerners approved the Dred Scott decision believing Congress had no right to prohibit slavery in the territories. Abraham Lincoln reacted with disgust to the ruling and was spurred into political action, publicly speaking out against it.
Answer:
Explanation:
A. It acted as a system of checks and balances.
I am not 100% sure but i say c
The correct answer is B: They were mocked as defeatists and traitors.
With the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in 1814 and the end of the War of 1812, many Americans viewed the Federalists as traitors. The Federalist Party collapsed , leaving the Democratic-Republican Party as the only political party in the USA until the mid- 1820s.
Some dangers included:
1) Isolated enemy troops: They can still do damage on supply routes, wreak havoc whenever allied troops landed there, and, if they had a way, travel back home to become reinforcements for the enemies.
2) longer supply routes: As land in between the major islands (that the US have taken) is still teeming with enemies, it would mean that ships and airplanes would not be able to be as safe, or make a landfall to get more freshwater or other supplies on board.
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