The increased activity of the Underground Railroad in the 1850s suggests that southern states were becoming more lenient toward runaways. fewer enslaved people were running away. there was growing willingness in the North to aid fugitives seeking freedom.

letter d is correct.

states

explanation:

as the old saying goes, all politics are local. state and federal governments affect our daily lives in numerous ways. yet, in our federal system, there is supposed to be a balance between federal and state power. as james madison envisioned it in federalist no. 51, “the power surrendered by the people” would be “divided between two distinct governments,” creating a balance of power that would enable the “different governments [to] control each other.”

both the national government and state governments share the power of being able to: collect taxes, build roads, borrow money, establish courts, make and enforce laws, charter banks and corporations, spend money for the general welfare,