Read this sentence from the passage: “In this way, waterfront settlements in each region became seats of commerce and power: they were self-sustaining metropolises.” Something that is self-sustaining is able to continue by itself without anyone or anything else becoming involved. Use evidence from the text to explain how the metropolises, or cities, described in the passage were “self-sustaining.”

able to stand by itself without anyone or anything else becoming involved.

the common people were given the right to vote. jacksonian popular government was a nineteenth century political reasoning in the united states that upheld more noteworthy vote based system for the basic man as that term was then characterized. starting with president andrew jackson and his supporters, it turned into the country's overwhelming political perspective for an age.

here are some events that to cause increased conflict between the north and south

1) mexican cession- gaining modern day california, utah, arizona, and new mexico from mexico. caused southern and northern politicians to fight over whether or not there would be slavery in these newly acquired territories.

2) uncle tom's cabin- this famous book described the cruelty of slavery in the south during the antebellum period, causing more northerners to support abolition and southerners to resent the book as they felt it unfairly depicted southern society.

3) kansas- nebraska act- disagreements over whether or not kansas and nebraska would be free or slave states caused issues between northern and southern politicians in congress.

4) bleeding kansas- this fighting took place in kansas after congress allowed this territory to vote on whether or not they would have slavery. citizens were killed and buildings were destroyed during this fighting.