william seward, speech to the u.s. senate, 1850
\and now the simple, bold, and even awful question which presents itself to us is this: shall we... establish human bondage, or permit it by our sufferance to be established? sir, our forefathers would not have hesitated an hour. they found slavery existing here, and they left it only because they could not remove it. there is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if it had had the free alternative as we now have, would have founded slavery. indeed, our revolutionary predecessors had precisely the same question before them in establishing an organic law under which the states of ohio, indiana, michigan, illinois, and wisconsin, have since come into the union, and they solemnly repudiated and excluded slavery from those states forever...

sir, there is no christian nation, thus free to choose as we are, which would establish slavery. i speak on due consideration, because britain, france, and mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other european states are preparing to abolish it as speedily as they can.\

seward, william henry. \speech to the united states senate, march 11, 1850.\ the national humanities center
https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/ triumphofnationality/america1850/text3/sewa rd.pdf

which action prior to the u.s. civil war aligns most closely with senator seward’s views on slavery?

select one answer
a the supreme court’s ruling in the case of dred scott v. sanford
b john brown’s raid on harper’s ferry, virginia
c the creation of the republican party
d the signing of the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo

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william seward, speech to the u.s. senate, 1850
\and now the simple, bold, and even awful question which presents itself to us is this: shall we... establish human bondage, or permit it by our sufferance to be established? sir, our forefathers would not have hesitated an hour. they found slavery existing here, and they left it only because they could not remove it. there is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if it had had the free alternative as we now have, would have founded slavery. indeed, our revolutionary predecessors had precisely the same question before them in establishing an organic law under which the states of ohio, indiana, michigan, illinois, and wisconsin, have since come into the union, and they solemnly repudiated and excluded slavery from those states forever...

sir, there is no christian nation, thus free to choose as we are, which would establish slavery. i speak on due consideration, because britain, france, and mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other european states are preparing to abolish it as speedily as they can.\

seward, william henry. \speech to the united states senate, march 11, 1850.\ the national humanities center
https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/ triumphofnationality/america1850/text3/sewa rd.pdf

which action prior to the u.s. civil war aligns most closely with senator seward’s views on slavery?

select one answer
a  the supreme court’s ruling in the case of dred scott v. sanford
b  john brown’s raid on harper’s ferry, virginia
c  the creation of the republican party
d  the signing of the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo

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# Brief Explanations:
Seward's speech opposes establishing/expanding slavery, noting revolutionary predecessors excluded it from new states and citing global abolition trends. The Republican Party (founded 1854) opposed slavery's expansion, aligning with his views. Dred Scott (A) upheld slavery; John Brown’s raid (B) was violent, not a mainstream aligned action; Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (D) added territory but didn’t address slavery’s expansion directly.

# Answer:
C. The creation of the Republican Party

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