As a result of his 1858 debates with Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln
A. gained many new supporters outside of Illinois
B. won election to the U.S. Senate
C. came to be regarded by Southerners as an antislavery fanatic
D. was appointed to the leadership of the Republican Party
E. was appointed to an open House seat by the Republican governor of Illinois
Answer: A
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WHS AP US History Chapter 13
- In the election of 1860,
- In the 1860 elections, the political party most deeply divided over slavery was
- In the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debates,
- The 1857 Lecompton (Kansas) constitution was
- The Supreme Court held in the case of "Dred Scott v. Sanford" (1857)
- The first Republican candidate for president was
- Southern defenders of slavery made all of the following arguments EXCEPT
- The 1856 beating of Charles Sumner on the floor of the U.S. Senate
- The political party that came into being largely in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act was
- The 1853 Gadsden Purchase
- The 1854 Ostend Manifesto
- In the 1850s, in an effort to undercut the Fugitive Slave Act, some Northern states
- The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
- During the debate on the Compromise of 1850,
- In 1849, President Zachary Taylor favored admitting California
- The Chinese who came to California during the gold rush
- In the 1848 elections, the new party that emerged as a political force was the
- The Wilmot Proviso
- When President Polk received the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, he
- The key to victory for the United States in the Mexican War was
- The Mexican War resulted from
- As president, James K. Polk
- The presidential election of 1844
- Which of the following towns served as a major departure point for migrants traveling west on the overland trails?