Answer:
Inspired by the natural rights philosophy of the Revolution, free blacks agitated against slavery. They petitioned Congress to end the slave trade and state legislatures to abolish slavery. They repeatedly pointed out the contradiction between American ideals of liberty and equality and the base reality of slavery.
Explanation:
The word you should have received was:
Independence
It lead to that because the U.S. chose to be imperialistic and take over smaller regions with people who didn't have a chance like Hawaii's Quenn Liliuokalani.
A. <span>Segregation of schools harms African American children. </span>