In the first half of the 19th century, why did the u. s. congress work to keep a balance between the number of slaveholding states and free states?

c  

explanation:

one central belief of buddhism is often referred to as reincarnation -- the concept that people are reborn after dying. buddhism is a philosophy of life expounded by gautama buddha ("buddha" means "enlightened one"), who lived and taught in northern india in the 6th century b.c.