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Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas engaged in a series of debates in 1858 to win nomination/election as
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United States Senator from Illinois.
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From 1800 to 1850, the land area of the United States more than
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Tripled
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America's largest export in the mid-nineteenth century was
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Cotton
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By 1850, most southern leaders like Calhoun and Toombs
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Insisted slavery must be national.
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The vast new territories gained in the Mexican-American War
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Provoked a new debate over the issue of slavery in the territories.
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Southerners favored American expansion into Mexico and Cuba
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Because they believed slavery must either grow or wither.
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Which of the following was NOT part of the 1860 Republican Party platform?
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Social equality for blacks
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The issue of slavery in the territories came to a head when
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California applied for statehood.
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After the election of 1852, the
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Whigs never again fielded a presidential candidate.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act opened Indian territory to American settlers
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Under the principle of popular sovereignty.
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The Missouri Compromise line of 1820
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Was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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Stephen Douglas's action in introducing the Kansas-Nebraska bill in 1854 proved to be a/an
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Great political miscalculation.
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The appearance of the Know-Nothing Party reflected American
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Nativist leanings.
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The Dred Scott decision held that
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Slaves were not citizens and, therefore, could not sue in a court of law.
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John Brown raided the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in order to
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Provide arms for a general slave uprising.
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