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AP U.S. History Exam 1.24. How did the actions shown in the image impact politics in the United States?
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- 00:00
[ musical flourish ]
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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by the two-party system,
- 00:08
a foolproof method for always having weekend plans.
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All right, how did the actions shown in the image impact politics in the United States?
- 00:16
And here are your potential answers.
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- 00:18
[ mumbles ]
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Okay, here we go.
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Well, remember the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
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Well, that piece of legislation allowed residents of
- 00:28
Kansas and Nebraska
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to decide the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty.
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And with the country hurtling towards Civil War,
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you better believe this action had consequences.
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Did the actions shown in this image
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impact politics in the U.S. because
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A - it radically changed the number of votes in the House?
- 00:47
Hmm. Well, the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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created territories, not states,
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so there wouldn't have been any change in the number of
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votes in the house. That takes A off the list.
- 00:57
Did the Kansas-Nebraska Act impact U.S. politics
- 01:00
because it B - strengthened the two-party system?
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Well, actually, following its passage, the American
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two-party system collapsed in favor of regional parties,
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like when the Democrats split into Northern and Southern factions.
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So the party's over for B and D.
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Which means that the actions shown in the image most impacted
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politics in the U.S. because C -
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it led to the creation of the Republican Party.
- 01:23
Those Northern Democrats we were just talking about?
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Well, they're the ones who formed the Republican Party,
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which vehemently opposed slavery.
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So C is the right answer.
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Party splintering had a big impact on the 1860
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presidential election which brought Abraham Lincoln into office.
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After that, Southerners really didn't wanna
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talk about the elephant in the room.
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