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Congress responded to the petition drive of female abolitionists in the 1830s by
A) passing the "gag rule," which tabled all antislavery petitions.
B) considering but rejecting a bill to give women the right to vote.
C) simply ignoring the petitions.
D) becoming increasingly hostile toward the woman's movement