D.)Congress passed five neutrality laws.
in my own understanding
I think that the leaders believe that women would have additional rights if they had the vote (to he honest I don't know what vote is that). since the early ages women were not given equal and unjust rights, if they had the vote, leaders believed that women would gain more additional rights
The first state to secede from the Union in 1860 was South Carolina. Hope this helps.
Well the empire was shot to death.