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Yolanda

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Which statement concerning the presidential election of 1852 is true?
 
  A) The Whig party lost much support in the South and began to break up.
  B) Franklin Pierce won a close victory.
  C) Whig candidate Winfield Scott won by vigorously endorsing the Compromise of 1850.
  D) The Republican party made its first major electoral gains.
  E) Franklin Pierce refused to run for reelection.

Question 2

What was the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin?
 
  A) It contradicted prevailing stereotypes about blacks.
  B) It challenged the common notion that slavery tore apart the black family.
  C) It pushed many waverers to an aggressive antislavery stance.
  D) It strengthened the southern defense of slavery by reinforcing stereotypes of blacks as docile and inferior.
  E) It sold relatively few copies and was soon out of print.



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C



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