How did Congress attempt to maintain a balance of power between Northern and Southern states in the mid-1800s?
by keeping the number of free and slave states equal
by creating more free states than slave states
by created more slave states than free states
by forming new political parties to address slavery

Question 4 of 10 2 points how were the reasons for a person's enslavement different in west african cultures than in the atlantic slave trade? o a. in west african cultures, any unmarried man could be enslaved, while in the atlantic slave trade, only prisoners of war could become slaves. o b. in west african cultures, people had to be born into slavery, while in the atlantic slave trade, people had to commit a crime to become a slave. o c. in west african cultures, people could only become slaves if they owed debts, while in the atlantic slave trade, slavery was used to punish crimes. o d. in west african cultures, people were enslaved through war or as punishment, while in the atlantic slave trade, anyone could be ſom captured and enslaved previous obi