Answer:
The fight over slavery impacted the American expansion westward, as it forced both sides to try to compromise. On one hand, the South did not want more "free" lands given to the already powerful North, in which there would be even more territory for slaves to run away too, while the North did not want slavery to spread westward.
The compromise was that 3/5 of the slaves were counted as population, the North would own the states north of the Mason-Dixon line that was drawn across the west, but would be forced to catch runaway slaves and return them.
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I believe it would be “lifeless lump”
Answer:
The sentence shape would be larger in the middle because the "topic" sentence is the main discussing therefor being the largest sentence.
B. informal
There are a few different clues to let you know that this passage has an informal tone. Informal tone sounds like a conversation. The author's use of the word you contributes to the informal tone of the passage. Also the sentence "So Dad started looking for a better one" has key markers of an informal tone. Using Dad as if the reader would know who "Dad" is, as well as the sentence's lack of a full complete idea
