Abraham Lincoln opposed the Crittenden Compromise because...

he opposed the expansion of slavery in the territories

The problems Lincoln faced as president weren't as bad as those of Jefferson Davis because:

The North had a fully recognized government

The Battle of Antietam was particularly crucial because it...

Prevented intervention by Britain and France

Lincoln's declaration that the North sought to preserve the Union with or without slavery...

revealed the influence of Border States on his policies

What did the Wilmot Proviso state?

Slavery would be banned from all ceded Mexican territories

"Lame-duck" President James Buchanan believed that...

the USC did not allow him to intervene to stop secession

Cotton became important to the economies of the North and South because...

cotton was 60% of the value of US exports after 1840

The consequences of the Kansas Nebraska act included the...

splitting of the Democratic party, birth of the reorganized Republican party

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1
Stephen Douglas' plans for the slavery question in the Kansas-Nebraska bill required repealing:
the Northwest Ordinance
the Compromise of 1850
the Wilmot Proviso
the Missouri Compromise
2
Abraham Lincoln opposed the Crittenden Compromise because...
he opposed the expansion of slavery in the territories
allowed popular sovereignty to be overrode after statehood
adoption might provoke Kentucky to leave the Union
he wanted to ally himself with abolitionists
3
The problems Lincoln faced as president weren't as bad as those of Jefferson Davis because:
The North had strong support from Britain and France
The North had a fully recognized government
The North was united in the cause of abolitionism
The North had fewer internal political divisions
4
The Battle of Antietam was particularly crucial because it...
Ended Lee's plan of invading the North
Prevented intervention by Britain and France
inflated a dangerous overconfidence among Southerners
ensured the reelection of Lincoln
5
Secessionists wanted to leave the Union because...
all of the above
the political balance seemed to be tipping against them
they were tired of abolitionist attacks
they thought the North sought economic dominance
6
Lincoln's declaration that the North sought to preserve the Union with or without slavery...
revealed the influence of Border States on his policies
contradicted the campaign promises of the Republican party
cost him support in Ohio, Illinois and Indiana
came as a disappointment to most Northerners
7
What did the Wilmot Proviso state?
Slavery in new territories would be determined by vote
the US should pay Mexico an indemnity for starting the war
the US should annex all of Mexico
Slavery would be banned from all ceded Mexican territories
8
"Lame-duck" President James Buchanan believed that...
his duty was to protect fedeal installations from assault
The election of 1860 was a fraud
the USC did not allow him to intervene to stop secession
Southern states had a right to secede from the Union
9
Cotton became important to the economies of the North and South because...
cotton was 60% of the value of US exports after 1840
northern farmers sold foodstuffs to feed southern slaves
northern investors controlled the southern cotton markets
2/3 of cotton went to New England textile mills
10
The consequences of the Kansas Nebraska act included the...
splitting of the Democratic party
rise of the Free Soil party
birth of the reorganized Republican party
resurgence of the Whig party

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