Why did the conflict between the northern and southern states deepen as territories from the louisiana purchase apply for statehood? select one: a. as each territory applied for statehood, the north and south argued over how much to charge them. b. the territories from of the louisiana purchase had to be sold back to france and the north and south could not agree on the price since the territories wanted to become states. c. the political balance between slave and non slave states could be upset as these territories entered into the country. d. england wanted to buy the land and the north and south could not agree on which states to sell to them.