History

Josephine

3 April, 11:22

Choose all that apply: Which of the following things aided in the growth of American democracy before the Civil War?

a) The purchase of Louisiana territory drives down the price of land making it more affordable for those who previously could not own it.

b) The Constitutional Convention elects to have senators chosen by state legislators instead of a direct vote from the people.

c) The Lowell Mills announce that they will be hiring and paying women to work in their factories.

d) President Andrew Jackson initiates increases the number of people in government jobs by introducing the spoils system and the rotation of office.

e) The African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first one denomination run solely by African Americans, opens its doors.

f) The Atlantic slave trade ends and the focus turns, instead, to the domestic slave trade