Prehistoric man may refer to: <span>Human evolution </span><span>the Homo (genus)</span><span>archaic Homo sapiens</span><span>any perceivedly primitive culture</span>
Answer:
he believed it was about preserving the Union
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.
I believe it's the opposite 180th meridian.