The Mayflower Compact is considered an important step in the development of American democracy because it 2. provided a basis for self-government in the Plymouth Colony. The Compact was decided upon prior to the colonists' landing at Plymouth, but it was an attempt to ensure the timely and organized handling of affairs because all understood it would require cooperation to exist in this new land.
Answer: Answer A
Explanation: " Harsh conditions on most reservations made hunting and farming for subsistence impossible, leading to conflicts over access to resources" does not talk about hostilities between the US government and American Indians living on reservations.
This quote relates to the development of the Fugitive Slave Law developed during this time to attempt to appease both the North and South. It was meant to benefit the North, for example by giving them the territory of California as a "free state", a non-slave state with voting rights. And to appease the South, what became known as the Fugitive Slave Law, which obligated Northerners to return slaves who had escaped. The "irritant" is the fact that Northerners attempted to avoid repatriation and returning of the slaves, so while the South had given their concessions of territory, the North had difficulty implementing the obligatory return of slaves.<span />