3. PART B: What phrase from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
O A "In the decade leading up to the election,
Americans witnessed rising tensions between
northern and southern states, largely over states'
rights and the future of slavery in America.”(
Paragraph 1)
OB “Douglas, who had supported the Kansas-
Nebraska Act, argued that citizens of a territory
had the right to decide whether to permit on
prohibit slavery." ( Paragraph 3)
OC "When Lincoln countered that this violated
Supreme Court rulings. Douglas famously replied
that whatever the Supreme Court decided was
not as important as the actions of the citizens." (
Paragraph 3)