Chapter 145. Reflections on The Union Collapses, Chapter 14

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Correct. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that, like Northerners, many Southerners had come to believe by the 1850s that their way of life was under siege, inciting political leaders in the South to urge secession as their only option for maintaining slavery after Lincoln’s victory in the election of 1860.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that, like Northerners, many Southerners had come to believe by the 1850s that their way of life was under siege, inciting political leaders in the South to urge secession as their only option for maintaining slavery after Lincoln’s victory in the election of 1860.

Correct. The answer is c. According to the author’s argument, it was not John Brown’s actions, but Northerners’ solemn response to John Brown’s execution that led Southerners to the conclusion that the institution of slavery could not survive a Republican administration in Washington, D.C.

Incorrect. The answer is c. According to the author’s argument, it was not John Brown’s actions, but Northerners’ solemn response to John Brown’s execution that led Southerners to the conclusion that the institution of slavery could not survive a Republican administration in Washington, D.C.

Correct. The answer is b. According to the author’s argument, the Democratic Party split at its 1860 convention when delegates voted to approve a platform that endorsed popular sovereignty.

Incorrect. The answer is b. According to the author’s argument, the Democratic Party split at its 1860 convention when delegates voted to approve a platform that endorsed popular sovereignty.

Correct. The answer is b. The author argues that the Republican Party’s embrace of a political agenda that moved beyond the question of slavery in the territories accounted for its victory in the free states.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author argues that the Republican Party’s embrace of a political agenda that moved beyond the question of slavery in the territories accounted for its victory in the free states.

Correct. The answer is c. To support his argument that the southern states were divided over the question of whether to secede from the Union in 1860, the author shows that only seven out of the fifteen Southern states voted to secede in the period between the election in November 1860 and Lincoln’s inauguration in March 1861.

Incorrect. The answer is c. To support his argument that the southern states were divided over the question of whether to secede from the Union in 1860, the author shows that only seven out of the fifteen Southern states voted to secede in the period between the election in November 1860 and Lincoln’s inauguration in March 1861.

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