The Civil War

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What brought about the demise of the Whig Party? Options: the American Party, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Missouri Compromise, the Emancipation Proclamation

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the Kansas-Nebraska Act

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What is a Free Soiler?

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someone who wants to achieve abolition through legislation

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James Buchanan was serving as a minister to Great Britain during the Kansas-Nebraska debates.

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True

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James Buchanan won the entire North except for Maryland.

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False

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James Buchanan received the majority of the popular vote.

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False

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James Buchanan was a Democrat from Pennsylvania.

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True

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Free-Soilers in Kansas outnumbered proslavery settlers by a margin of 10 to 1.

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True

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People were infuriated in the North and delighted in the South by the Dred Scott decision. True or False?

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True

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President Buchanan supported the Lecompton constitution because he felt that he owed his presidency to his southern voters.

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True

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Stephen A. Douglas firmly believed that popular sovereignty would resolve the slavery issue in the territories.

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True