Which is the BEST description of why the Compromise of 1850 was successful in defusing the sectional conflict between both sides of the slavery issue?
A)Northern Whigs and Republicans were pleased that Maine entered the Union as a "free" state, while Southern Democrats were appeased by the admission of Missouri to the Union as a "slave" state.
B)Both sides of the conflictthe Whigs and Republicans of the North and the Democrats of the South-- were satisfied with the abolition of slavery in all states and territories north of the 34th parallel.
C)Northern Whigs and Republicans supported t

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Which is the BEST description of why the Compromise of 1850 was successful in defusing the sectional conflict between both sides of the slavery issue?
A)Northern Whigs and Republicans were pleased that Maine entered the Union as a "free" state, while Southern Democrats were appeased by the admission of Missouri to the Union as a "slave" state.	
B)Both sides of the conflictthe Whigs and Republicans of the North and the Democrats of the South-- were satisfied with the abolition of slavery in all states and territories north of the 34th parallel.	
C)Northern Whigs and Republicans supported t