The correct answer is C) To create more free states so they could control Congress.
Northerners wanted to control Congress because Congress is the branch of government that makes laws for the US. In this case, having more power in Congress would allow Northerners to make laws that would benefit them.
On the other hand, Southerners were fearful that if the North gained more political power in Congress that they would try to outlaw the institution of slavery. After much heated debate, Congress developed the Kansas-Nebraska Act. This allowed citizens of Kansas and Nebraska to vote on whether or not they would allow the institution of slavery in their state.
I believe that #'s 2, 4, 5, are all right :)
Jamestown
In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America.
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<em><u>Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses.</u></em>
1. <u>Japan</u> pretended to negotiate a peace agreement while planning a surprise attack.
2. <u>United States</u> started the war as a neutral country but ended up fighting on two fronts.
3. <u>Soviet Union</u> first entered the enemy capital after its capital was nearly taken.
4. <u>Red China</u> fought a war, then chased the government from the mainland.
5.<u> United Kingdom</u> defended its skies for months against repeated bombing attacks.
6. <u>Nazi Germany</u> gave the world rocket technology during World War II.