The argument presented in the excerpt from the sumner’s speech has the most in common with which of these situations? a) the passage of the fugitive slave act of 1850 b) the motives behind south carolina’s secession from the union in 1860 c) the platform of the southern secessionists known as the “fire eaters” d) the argument against the expansion of slavery in the wilm

the answer is D, trust me

the right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.  " the  participant in european imperialism is being described below is that  their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.