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What converted the moral question of slavery into a burning political issue in the mid 1840s?
AThe publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
BThe Dred Scott ruling of the Supreme Court
CGarrison's newspaper campaign in Boston
DTexas and the territorial gains of the Mexican War
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Texas and the territorial gains of the Mexican War
1. Until 1845 it seemed likely that slavery would stay confined within the limits set by the Missouri Compromise.
2. The acquisition of Texas in 1845 and the territorial gains of the Mexican War made renewed expansion of slavery a real likelihood.
3. That converted the moral question into a burning political issue.
4. Uncle Tom's Cabin appeared in 1852 and Dred Scott in 1857, both later flashpoints.
_Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 5 "Sectional Conflict"_
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