I believe it to be A.) dissertations, unpublished reports
<span>In the years leading up to the Missouri Compromise of 1820, tensions began to rise between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions within the U.S. Congress and across the country. They reached a boiling point after Missouri’s 1819 request for admission to the Union as a slave state, which threatened to upset the delicate balance between slave states and free states. To keep the peace, Congress orchestrated a two-part compromise, granting Missouri’s request but also admitting Maine as a free state. It also passed an amendment that drew an imaginary line across the former Louisiana Territory, establishing a boundary between free and slave regions that remained the law of the land until it was negated by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.</span>
Answer:
To make sure everything is fair and nothing sus happens
Explanation:
Ignore the last part
The Maya believed the gods controlled everything that happened on Earth. Because only priests knew the gods wishes, the priests held great power to Maya society. Maya civilization was a theocracy.