Historians Have Attributed All of the Following to Douglas's Motives

question 97

Multiple Choice

Historians have attributed all of the following to Douglas's motives for championing the Kansas-Nebraska Act except

• A) a possible presidential bid in 1856.
• B) political recklessness and impulsivity on the part of Douglas.
• C) his inability to recognize and appreciate that Northerners did feel deeply about extending slavery into the western territories.
• D) he had financially invested in railroad stock that would appreciate with the construction of a transcontinental railroad passing through Kansas and Nebraska territories to be organized following enactment of this law.
• E) his deep passion and long-standing commitment to addressing and solving the vexing slavery issue in the United States.

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