C. Corn is grown throughout the Americas.
Corn in native to the Americas, so it would have been grown here before the Spanish.
D) the region’s economy was badly hurt
Answer:
When the Republican Party was founded, it's position on slavery was that they believed that slavery was wrong, and that they should be freed. However, to the extent of how this worked varied between the moderate & the far-right members. However, they all believed that slavery is wrong, and that it should be moderated to a certain extent.
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