SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
BLOODY KANSAS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Taxes
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Slavery
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Banking was the first dividing issue, with Federalists supporting the chartering of a national bank and the Democratic Republicans opposing it. The division into parties was also amplified by differing responses to the Jay Treaty negotiated between the United States and Great Britain in 1794.
Detailed explanation-2: -The political parties of the 1790s emerged because of disagreements over three main issues: the nature of government, the economy and foreign policy.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Democratic Party split over the issue of slavery. Northern Democrats believed in “popular sovereignty, ” or the right of new states and territories to decide if they wanted to include or exclude slavery from their borders.