Author Question: Abraham Lincoln opposed the Crittenden Compromise because a. it allowed the doctrine of popular ... (Read 68 times)

Lisaclaire · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Abraham Lincoln opposed the Crittenden Compromise because

a. it allowed the doctrine of popular sovereignty to be overridden once statehood was achieved.
b. it permitted slavery in the Utah territory.
c. its adoption might provoke Kentucky to leave the Union.
d. he felt bound by President Buchanan's earlier rejection of it.
e. he had been elected on a platform that opposed the extension of slavery.

Question 2

France was finally able to join in the scramble for colonies in the New World as a result of the

a. Protestant takeover of the French government.
b. end of the religious wars.
c. revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
d. St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.
e. Seven Years' War.