Stephen ADouglas Argued in His Freeport Doctrine During the Lincoln-Douglas Debates

question 51

Multiple Choice

Stephen A.Douglas argued in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that

• A) the Dred Scott decision was unconstitutional.
• B) action by territorial legislatures could keep slavery out of the territories despite the Dred Scott decision.
• C) the Supreme Court justices should be impeached.
• D) slavery could not survive in the corn- and wheat-growing West.
• E) the territories should immediately be brought into the Union as slave or free states.

Understand the concept of economic profits, including implicit and explicit costs.

Analyze the impact of investments on the reduction of production costs and its effect on economic profits.

Distinguish between accounting and economic profits.

Identify and explain the concept of opportunity cost in decision-making.

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Definitions:

Myoglobin

A red protein containing heme that carries and stores oxygen in muscle cells, very similar in structure to hemoglobin.

Muscle Tissue

A type of body tissue that contracts to produce movement, found throughout the body and classified into skeletal, cardiac, and smooth types.

Glycogen

A large, branched polymer of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in animals and fungi.

Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption

The increased rate of oxygen intake following strenuous activity.