These statements are describing the effects of the supreme court's decision in:

a. triggered the "panic of 1857" and resulted in several railroad bankruptcies and bank closures.
b. strengthened pro-slavery and secessionist support in the south.
c. made the question of extending slavery into new territories an unstable issue.
d. divided the democratic party on sectional lines and strengthened the republican party.

in 1897, pershing became a tactical officer at west point, and that's where he was given the nickname "black jack." pershing's first name is "john," for which "jack" is a nickname, and he was a white man who commanded black troops. hence "black jack".

b)

it created free trade throughout the colonial territories.

compensation; complaints

explanation:

some employers provide "severance compensation" to employees whose employment has been terminated due to no fault of the employee

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