Which statement best describes what the vikings did when they traveled?
a. vikings traveled by sea, staying close to the coastline, and raiding churches and monasteries in an effort to eliminate christianity.
b. vikings traveled by sea to iceland and north america to find livestock to take back to scandinavia.
c. vikings traveled by land and sea to eastern european cities where they stole from businesses and wealthy homes.
d. vikings traveled mostly by water from the casp

it was certainly a debatable decision, mainly because it was based primarily on political - and not on legal or social - views. since the congress at that time was led by members of the republican party, and the territory that the tribes wanted to turn into an exclusively indian state was predominantly democratic, the proposal (as expressed in the constitution) did not succeed, but the constitution itself proved to be of crucial importance in the creation of the state of oklahoma, and, most importantly, it guaranteed the involvement of representatives of the indian tribes in the government of the future joint state.  

as a member of congress, i would have voted to ratify the constitution, or at least to have it tabled. ignoring it was an interested and partial decision.