What is popular sovereignty

What law allowed the united states to claim uninhabited islands?

Where were most textile factories located in north carolina? next to rivers and power plants in the mountains region next to cotton fields and ocean ports on the outer coastal plain along rail lines and forests in the inner coastal plain along rail lines and rivers in the piedmont region

Me a slaveowner who worked a slave to death or be a slave to death, a. cannot be tried for murder in criminal court but could be sued for wrongful death in the civil court b. cannot be tried in court because there was no law against the mistreatment of slaves. c. could have his form or plantation confiscated by the state and sold to the highest bidder. d. could be tried for murder in most southern states.