Multiple Choice
The event that threatened to destroy the longstanding balance of free and slave states in the United States Senate was the
A) passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
B) potential admission of Oregon as a free state.
C) attempt to acquire Cuba as a slave state.
D) proposed building of a southern transcontinental railroad.
E) discovery of gold in California and its bid for statehood.
Correct Answer:
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Correct Answer:
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