45.4k views
4 votes
How did the elevation of slavery to a moral issue polarize the North and the South during the 1850s?

User Zoska
by
4.8k points

2 Answers

3 votes
The political center eroded due to each side believing that they possessed moral high ground
User Clive Machado
by
5.8k points
5 votes

Answer:

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

User ChickenFeet
by
4.6k points