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AP U.S. History 1.1 Period 5: 1848-1877. Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the idea of Manifest Destiny?
AP U.S. History 1.2 Period 5: 1848-1877. Before the Civil War, the idea of Manifest Destiny was most complicated by which of the following issues?
AP U.S. History: Religion and Reform in Antebellum America Drill 1, Problem 2. How did the creation of Kansas affect the country's political l...
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AP U.S. History: Religion and Reform in Antebellum America Drill 1, Problem 2. How did the creation of Kansas affect the country's political landscape?
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[ musical flourish ]
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All right, how did the creation of Kansas - right here -
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affect the country's political landscape?
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And here are the potential answers.
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[ glass breaks ]
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[ mumbles ]
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[ mumbling continues ]
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All right. Let's start with how exactly Kansas
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came to be. Like what was the IPO of Kansas.com.
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Well, in 1854 Congress passed the
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Kansas-Nebraska Act, which allowed residents to vote
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on whether or not slavery would be allowed
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in the new Kansas territory.
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Well, since this was taking place just a few years
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before the Civil War, you better believe things got a little heated.
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Let's see which answer best describes what took place.
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Did the creation of Kansas affect the landscape by A -
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deescalating political tensions?
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Huh. Quite the opposite actually. [ buzz ]
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The addition of another free state would have
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tilted the balance away from slavery. So it stoked
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tensions between the slave owners and abolitionists.
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That knocks out A and D. Bye.
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Did the creation of Kansas C -
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disillusion voters and hurt voter turnout?
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Well, there were many problems when Kansas arrived on the scene,
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but poor voter turnout was not one of them.
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In fact, supporters of both sides flooded the state
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hoping to swing the outcome of the election in their direction.
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Which means the creation of Kansas affected the political landscape
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by B - leading to the creation of sectional parties.
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[ party horn sounds ]
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Slavery was such a contentious issue
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that the traditional two-party political system
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could no longer support the intricacies
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and fervor of the debate.
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Smaller sectional parties began cropping up
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across the country - most notably the Republican party
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which was founded in opposition to slavery.
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You know the Kansas-Nebraska split was so intense,
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we wonder what happened to drive a wedge
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between the Dakotas. Hmm.
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[ party horn sounds ]
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