My guess would be opinion.
I believe the conflict that slavery was becoming worse is the answer. When reading, the author wanted you to understand that the US had tried to fix the problem of slavery using the Missouri Compromise. Although, as you can see, it didn’t seem to work XD. All in all, I just think the author was trying to say that the problem of slavery had gotten worse.
You need to take the main parts out of the excerpt to figure out what the excerpt is trying to teach you as the reader. After you determine that you must figure out what the main idea is and the topic of the excerpt.
Hope this helps.
Answer:
claim on the left and the evidence on the bottom
Explanation:
In the very, very simplest terms, judging the validity of an argument starts centers around this process:
1) Identify the rhetoric (Lines of Argument) from the actual, formal reasons. Separate the persuasive language from the actual claims to truth and fact.
2) Analyze those reasons (claims to truth and fact) by identifying their logic (often in the Implicit Reasons) and evidence.
3) Test and evaluate the logic and evidence; identify logical errors and ask whether the evidence can and has been tested and objectively, repeatedly, factually verified.
