Because they could be turned into slave states, giving more power to the slaveowners in the south. Also, expansion policy and the dram of Manifest Destiny played a part in desiring that land.
<span>The Independent Democrats and many northern Whigs abandoned their affiliations for the new antislavery Republican party, leaving southern Whigs without party links and creating an issue over which the already deeply divided Democrats would split even more.</span>
The answer to you question would be C.
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The Second Great Awakening was a major religious movement in the U.S. that reached out to the unchurched and brought large numbers of people to a vivid experience of Christianity. They believed in the perfectibility of people and were highly moralistic in their endeavors.
