Which of the following is true of slavery in the U. S. before the Civil War? A.
The Northern states ordered the Southern states to abolish slavery.
B.
The North opposed the extension of slavery into new states.
C.
The Southern states ordered the Northern states to allow slavery within their borders.
D.
The Southern states wanted slavery to remain only in the current slave states.

A.

The Northern states ordered the Southern states to abolish slavery.

Explanation:

B.  The North opposed the extension of slavery into new states.

Explanation:

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In the United States, the North and the South had developed different perspectives on the issue of slavery. As new territories in the West were organized as states, pro-slavery forces in the South wished to make them slave states, while anti-slavery forces in the North wished to make them free of slavery. This was because more representation from the states meant more power in the national government; the Union would be friendlier to slavery if it had more slave states than free states, and it would be more hostile to slavery if it had more free states than slave states.

Many abolitionists in the North wanted to end slavery altogether, but others were willing to contain it by not letting it spread to new states. They believed that this would eventually force slavery to die off; Southern politicians believed the same thing, which is why they wanted slavery to spread."-Study Island

yup! you are correct it is b.

paul willis (born 1950) is a british social scientist known for his work in sociology and cultural studies. paul willis' work is widely read in the fields of sociology, anthropology, and education, his work emphasizing consumer culture, socialization, music, and popular culture. he was born in wolverhampton[1] and received his education at the university of cambridge and at the university of birmingham. he worked at centre for contemporary cultural studies and subsequently at the university of wolverhampton. he was a professor of social/cultural ethnography at keele university. in the autumn of 2010, he left keele university and is now a professor at princeton university.

paul willis’s work has focused mainly, but not exclusively, on the ethnographic study of lived cultural forms in a wide variety of contexts. from highly structured to weakly structured ones, willis examines how practices of `informal cultural production` to produce and construct cultural worlds `from below`.[2]

trained in literary criticism at cambridge,[2] paul willis received his phd in 1972 from the centre for contemporary cultural studies at birmingham university where he remained as senior research fellow until 1981. he gave a paper at the 9th symposium of the natiohnal deviancy conference in january 1972 entitled 'a motor-bike subculture

during the 1980`s willis served as youth policy adviser to wolverhampton borough council in the english midlands. there he produced the youth review (published by the council and ashgate) which formed the basis for youth policy and for the formation of the democratically elected youth council, both still functioning. during the 1990s he served first as head of the division of media, communications and cultural studies, and then as a member of the professoriate at the university of wolverhampton. in 2000 willis co-founded the sage journal, ethnography. in 2003 willis was hired as a head professor of social and cultural ethnography at keele university.