Why was it important to maintain a balance between free and slave states? to avoid economic competition between states to provide equal representation so slavery could neither spread nor be outlawed to meet a requirement in the constitution to have a certain number of free and slave states

Which option best describes how the printing press transformed european society? (a) prior to the printing press, the catholic church hand-copied texts and disseminated them to peasants. (b) prior to the printing press, the church of england did not allow peasants to learn to read. (c) prior to the printing press, the orthodox church recited luther’s “95 theses” aloud to peasants. (d) prior to the printing press, knowledge was reserved primarily for nobles and clergy.