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Stephen Douglas was a Democratic Party leader who supported

A
free labor.
B
popular sovereignty.
C
racial equality.
D
abolitionism.
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After emancipation, many formerly enslaved people built farms on abandoned land. What did President Johnson do with this land during Reconstruction?

A
Johnson returned the land to its former owners.
B
Johnson seized the land for the federal government.
C
Johnson officially gave the land to formerly enslaved people.
D
Johnson arranged for the government to purchase the land.
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Both Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln officially began their terms as president by

A
giving inaugural addresses to their nations.
B
reading from the US Constitution.
C
attending each other’s inaugural addresses.
D
declaring themselves co-presidents.
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How did Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana react to South Carolina’s secession?

A
They condemned the state’s decision.
B
They also voted to secede in 1861.
C
They voted to remain in the Union.
D
They expressed no official opinion.
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Which of the following best states the central disagreement between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas on the issue of slavery?

A
whether it should be abolished
B
whether it should be discouraged
C
whether it should be permitted to spread
D
whether it should be legal across the US

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