Why did the possibility of adding new states often cause arguments in the government?

Question

A) There was no procedure agreed upon for adding states.
B) The issue of whether the state would allow slavery was controversial.
C) The Constitution explicitly forbade the admittance of new states.
D) Democrats were the only ones who supported expansion.

Why did Southern states begin to secede after Abraham Lincoln was elected president?
OA) They believed he threatened the institution of slavery.
OB) They believed a Democrat could never govern fairly.
C) They believed the election was unfairly decided.
OD) They believed his tax policy would favor the North.

John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry and "Bleeding Kansas" were both controversial events because
they
A) pushed the country closer to civil war.
B) raised tensions between the colonies and Great Britain.
C) caused the outbreak of the Mexican-American War.
D) led to the end of the Reconstruction period of American history.
) The Thirteenth (1865), Fourteenth (1866), and Fifteenth (1869) Amendments ended slavery, made
African Americans citizens, and
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A) banned poll taxes.
B) granted African American men the right to vote.
C) gave women the right to vote.
D) limited presidents to two terms.
5) What did the Missouri Compromise accomplish?
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A) It settled the election of 1860 by making Abraham Lincoln president.
B) It brought the Civil War to a close through lasting peace.
C) It allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
D) It ended the long debate over where in Missouri the transcontinental railroad should
begin.
6) To protest British taxes instituted under the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts, colonists
A) petitioned Parliament.
O B) boycotted British goods.
OC) smuggled British-made goods.
OD) organized colony-wide work stoppages.
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Answer 1

Here are the answers to your questions:

1. Why did the possibility of adding new states often cause arguments in the government?
   B) The issue of whether the state would allow slavery was controversial.

2. Why did Southern states begin to secede after Abraham Lincoln was elected president?
   A) They believed he threatened the institution of slavery.

3. John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry and "Bleeding Kansas" were both controversial events because they
   A) pushed the country closer to civil war.

4. The Thirteenth (1865), Fourteenth (1866), and Fifteenth (1869) Amendments ended slavery, made African Americans citizens, and
   B) granted African American men the right to vote. (Note that the Fifteenth Amendment specifically granted voting rights to African American men, while the Thirteenth and Fourteenth addressed slavery and citizenship.)

5. What did the Missouri Compromise accomplish?
   C) It allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

6. To protest British taxes instituted under the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts, colonists
   B) boycotted British goods.

If you have any further questions or need more clarification, feel free to ask!