In the Course of His Campaign Against Stephen Douglas in 1858

question 1

Multiple Choice

In the course of his campaign against Stephen Douglas in 1858, Abraham Lincoln declared all of the following except

• A) Congress had no constitutional authority to abolish slavery in the South.
• B) Social and political equality between blacks and whites was not desirable.
• C) The Dred Scott decision rendered popular sovereignty "as thin as soup boiled from the shadow of a pigeon that had starved to death."
• D) This nation cannot exist permanently half slave and half free.
• E) The best way to preserve the Union was to ensure that slavery was legal in all states, North and South.

Evaluate performance through variance analysis including spending, activity, and overall variances.

Understand the impact of activity levels on budgeted and actual costs and incomes.

Interpret and solve for net operating income under different scenarios.

Grasp the impact of cost behavior on budgeting and performance evaluation.

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