The reform communities established in the years before the Civil War: a. usually followed standard gender and marital relations. b. called themselves utopian because they knew that their efforts were likely to fail. c. made no effort to combat the growing disparity between rich and poor. d. followed all the laws but simply banned ownership of private property. e. set out to reorganize society on a cooperative basis.

In what ways did the compromise of 1850 and the kansas-nebraska act of 1854 differ from the missouri compromise? both compromises used the established 36°30′ parallel to determine if territories would become free or slave states. both compromises used the mason-dixon line to determine if the territories would become free or slave states. both compromises let territories use popular sovereignty to determine if they would become free or slave states. both compromises only granted congress the power to determine if territories would become free or slave states.