<em>i know that one of the goals of Enlightenment thinkers was to create better societies and better people by discarding outmoded traditions and embracing rationalism.</em>
Slavery was THE great debate of the 1850's as was the question of continuing a union that threatened the lives and property of the South. It caused Lincoln's election in 1860 and fueled the movement to secession and war. Slavery was the dividing point over which there was a limit to the compromises that could be effected. It clearly drove the decade as it had shaped the whole century.
The Court of Appeals reviews judgements made in lower courts, so the answer is C.
In the begging, at the time of the Indian independence of Britain, British India was partitioned into two parts: India and Pakistan. (this is the correct answer).
Pakistan later split and East Pakistan became Bangladesh, while West Pakistan continues being known as Pakistan