Question

What do the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 reveal about the United States during the decades before the Civil War?

A. Minor political disagreements were easily resolved by statesmen in Congress.
B. Most northerners supported the right of southern states to secede from the Union.
C. Few differences existed in the platforms of the political parties.
D. Deep political divides resulted from the growth of sectionalism.

Answer 1

D. Deep political divides resulted from the growth of sectionalism.