Question

What issues caused the North and South to become more divided over slavery?

(Select the two correct answers.)

(1 point)
Responses

A common plan shared by both regions to end slavery.
A common plan shared by both regions to end slavery.

The growing movement of abolitionists in the northern states.
The growing movement of abolitionists in the northern states.

The North's economic dependence on the labor of slaves.
The North's economic dependence on the labor of slaves.

The South's rapid change to an industrial-based economy.
The South's rapid change to an industrial-based economy.

The debate over allowing slavery into new American territories.
The debate over allowing slavery into new American territories.
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Answer 1

The growing movement of abolitionists in the northern states.
The debate over allowing slavery into new American territories.

(Those two increased sectional tensions; the other choices are incorrect.)