Why did slavery become more central to american politics in the 1840s? select one: the methodist church, the nation's largest denomination, called on all its members to free their slaves. members of the abolitionist republican party, formed in 1844, insisted on debating slavery. as the 1848 constitutional deadline for ending the african slave trade drew near, americans became obsessed with slavery. president john tyler's antislavery policies caused a major proslavery backlash led by john c. calhoun. territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave?

The correct answer is "territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave."

Slavery became more central to American politics in the 1840s in that territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.

Let's set the example of the acceptance of California as a state on September 9, 1850. On this day, California became the 31st state of the Union and entered as a free state. A vast portion of the former Mexican territory was gained by the United States as part of the negotiations of the Treaty Guadalupe-Hidalgo. California, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico were incorporated into the US. Slavery really divided the American people. The northerners supported abolition while southerners supported slavery.

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