Correct. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section is that the Kansas-Nebraska controversy of the mid-1850s caused an irrevocable split in the bisectional Whig party, creating new opportunities for emergent political organizations to capture the support of former northern Whigs and disaffected northern Democrats, and giving rise to the Republican Party.
Incorrect. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section is that the Kansas-Nebraska controversy of the mid-1850s caused an irrevocable split in the bisectional Whig party, creating new opportunities for emergent political organizations to capture the support of former northern Whigs and disaffected northern Democrats, and giving rise to the Republican Party.