The most critical question facing the nation in the 1850s was

a. what the status of states would be after succession
b. the political balance between the North and South in the House of Representatives
c. the extension of slavery into territies
d. the significance of a multi-party system in American politics


Ans: c. the extension of slavery into territies

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