How did the elevation of slavery to a moral issue polarize the north and the south during the 1850s?

The political center eroded, each side believed that they possessed the moral high ground.

- "friedan's attitude towards what she calls the 'feminine mystique' is that she sees the ideal of femininity as stiffing women's potential in the 1950's. betty friedan was a writer and activist of the 1950's and 60's."

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