SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
THE ELECTION OF 1860
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Question
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True or False? Lincoln and the Republican Party believed that slavery should be banned in all of the states and territories.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Most Republicans were not abolitionists seeking the end of slavery in the southern states where slavery was already was “Constitutionally protected.” They were more concerned with Bleeding Kansas and the railroads, as well as the territories of the “West” also becoming “slave states.”
Detailed explanation-2: -One of the biggest differences between Douglas’ and Lincoln’s views on slavery is that, unlike Lincoln, Douglas did not consider slavery a moral issue, an agonizing dilemma, nor was it an issue that would tear the Union apart.
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