Answer:
The ignorance of the slaves was considered necessary to the security of the slaveholders. Not only did owners fear the spread of specifically abolitionist materials, they did not want slaves to question their authority; thus, |reading and reflection were to be prevented at any cost.
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B. Federal laws can supersede state laws
Answer:
D. The office of the papacy was abolished.
Explanation:
The office of the papacy was not abolished during the Counter-Reformation, it was just reformed to attempt to eliminate any church corruption or heresy.
The popes during and after the Catholic Reformation, like Pope Paul IV and Pope Pius V focused on eliminating abuses in the church and decreasing appeals to Protestantism.
