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The MOST significant result of the election of 1856 was that it
 
  a. showed that the Democrats still remained the majority party in the country.
  b. demonstrated the importance of charismatic leadership in the presidency.
  c. foreshadowed an ominous sectional clash over slavery in the election of 1860.
  d. offered the prospect of a viable presidential candidacy for Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas in 1860.
  e. signalled the demise of the Know-Nothing (American) Party.

Question 2

All of the following are true conditions of the Chesapeake, as compared to the Deep South, except
 
  a. tobacco was less physically demanding than rice.
  b. tobacco plantations were larger and closer to one another, allowing for more contact with friends and relatives.
  c. the proportion of female slaves in the Chesapeake had begun to rise by 1720.
  d. it was one of the few slave societies in history to perpetuate itself by its own natural reproduction.
  e. as the slave population began to rise, the development of a distinctive African American family life became impossible.



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

e



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