I believe the Answer Is D.
They were in 2 different sides. The Abolitionists and the Pro-Slavery politicians. Some were heavily against slavery and started a movement to abolish it, some even tried freeing slaves. Pro-slavery politicians were in heavy support of it and did everything in their power to keep it alive in the South. It got to the point where all the Southern States threatened to secede from the United States in the late 1850s, and even caused Virginia to split into 2 states, Virginia and West Virginia.
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As there had been tension between the countries for years as everyone wanted more land, more power and the strongest military and economic power. Also as they all had signed a load of treaties out of fear of invasion or war. So when a bunch of young Serbians assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, The Austrian government thought that the Serbian leaders had ordered the murder [they most likely did] and declared war on Serbia, as Austria- Hungary had an alliance with Germany they declared war on Serbia but Serbia had an alliance with France, who had an alliance with Britain so both of them declared war on Austria and Germany.
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Fun Fact: the King of Britain, Emperor of Germany and Tsar of Russia were all first cousins and were all in power when they went to war.