That if the thirteen original parties to the contract, bordering the Atlantic in a narrow belt, while their separate interests were in embryo their peculiar tendencies scarcely developed, their revolutionary trials and triumphs, still green in memory, found Union impossible without Compromise, the thirty-one of this day, may well yield somewhat, in the conflict of opinion and policy, to preserve that Union which has extended the sway of republican government over a vast wilderness to another ocean, and proportionally advanced their civilization and national greatness.
- from The Georgia Platform, 1850
Based on the Second Act of the Georgia Platform, what did the delegates believe was key to keeping the Union together and becoming a great nation?
A)
compromise
B)
diplomacy
C)
revolution
D)
secession