The argument presented in the excerpt from the sumner’s speech has the most in common with which of these situations?

Hello!

I think you are missing the situations, but if are the following:

A) the passage of the Fugitive Slave act of 1850

B) ...

 C) ...

D) the argument against the expansion of slavery in the Wilmot Proviso of 1848

Then, the answer is D. the argument against the expansion of slavery in the Wilmot Proviso of 1848

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"the attempts of the proletariat to rise above this abasement"

where is thing if you show me on the map or have a map i can answer your question