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

question 75

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) his impulsivity and recklessness.
• C) his inability to recognize that Northerners did feel deeply about slavery in the territories.
• D) he was deeply invested in seeing slavery allowed in the territories.
• E) his lack of foresight.

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