Regarding the westward expansion as sectional tensions rose, why were there difficulties in maintaining and deciding which new states would become slave or free?
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Ans: Slave revolts in VA, led by Nat Turner and Gabriel Prosser, fed white Southerners' fears about slave rebellions and led to harsh laws in the South against fugitive slaves.
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A) Crazy Horse
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