Question
Can you correctly identify the Trend in the Antebellum Era before the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860?
A massive increase in slave agriculture in Western Territories
A new political compromise over slavery with each territorial expansion
War between states each time new territories embraced slavery
Increasing amounts of southern slave holders finding slavery to be economically non-viable
A massive increase in slave agriculture in Western Territories
A new political compromise over slavery with each territorial expansion
War between states each time new territories embraced slavery
Increasing amounts of southern slave holders finding slavery to be economically non-viable
Answers
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The most accurate trend in the Antebellum Era leading up to the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 is:
**A new political compromise over slavery with each territorial expansion.**
Throughout the Antebellum Era, particularly as new territories were being incorporated into the United States, various political compromises were made in attempts to address the contentious issue of slavery. Notable compromises include the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850, which sought to balance the interests of slave-holding states and free states.
The other options are less accurate in capturing the overall political climate of the time:
- While there was indeed an increase in slave agriculture in certain territories, this trend was not as universally massive as the option suggests and depended on complex local and economic factors.
- War between states over slavery did not occur every time new territories were embraced; instead, compromises were often reached (at least temporarily).
- The claim that increasing numbers of southern slaveholders found slavery economically non-viable was not a prevailing sentiment among the South's political leaders during this era, as the economy was heavily reliant on slavery.
Therefore, the trend of seeking compromises over slavery as new territories were added is the most representative of the political dynamics before the 1860 election.
**A new political compromise over slavery with each territorial expansion.**
Throughout the Antebellum Era, particularly as new territories were being incorporated into the United States, various political compromises were made in attempts to address the contentious issue of slavery. Notable compromises include the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850, which sought to balance the interests of slave-holding states and free states.
The other options are less accurate in capturing the overall political climate of the time:
- While there was indeed an increase in slave agriculture in certain territories, this trend was not as universally massive as the option suggests and depended on complex local and economic factors.
- War between states over slavery did not occur every time new territories were embraced; instead, compromises were often reached (at least temporarily).
- The claim that increasing numbers of southern slaveholders found slavery economically non-viable was not a prevailing sentiment among the South's political leaders during this era, as the economy was heavily reliant on slavery.
Therefore, the trend of seeking compromises over slavery as new territories were added is the most representative of the political dynamics before the 1860 election.