Question 12 What was the biggest reason that a Compromise in 1850 was needed in order to keep the nation
together?
A. Enlaved people could not be brought into territories above 36'30"
B. The Supreme Court had declared that enslaved people could be brought anywhere
C. The status of enslaved people in lands taken from Mexico needed to be answered
D. Texas wanted to come in to the nation as a slave state

"but let us admit texas, and we shall place the balance of power in the hands of the texans themselves. they, with the southern states, will control the policy and the destiny of this nation; our tariff will then be held at the will of the texan advocates of free trade. are our friends of the north prepared to deliver over this great national policy to the people of texas? " - rep. joshua giddings, ohio, may 21, 1844 this quote points to what major issue in the years leading up to the civil war?