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NEED HELP ASAP Why was slavery in the western territories the most debated issue by Congress leading up to the Civil War?

a. they wanted to keep pro slavery settlers out of kansas
b. a state being slave or free could mean more power in congress for the pro or antislavery side
c. slavery would hurt farmers in each new state to compete with plantation owners
d. free states were helping fugitive slaves reach freedom in the north

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The answer is B because most of them wanted to be free and the south did not like it

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