Use the excerpt from Clay's Resolutions of 1850 to answer the question. Using the excerpt, explain the failures of compromise and the mounting sectional rifts that led to the Civil War as you answer (a) and (b). (a) In 2-3 sentences, explain how the war represented an extension of earlier and ongoing conflicts. (b) In 2-3 sentences, explain how the war resolved-or failed to resolve -the issues at the root of the war.​