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review the political leader. stephen douglas, illinois senatorial candidate in the 1858 election
which option most accurately evaluates douglas's political and social contributions?

a) he believed that farmers would be persecuted as if on a cross if bimetallism was not established through congressional legislation. b) he promoted the idea that if the will of the people could not be met through political action, then military aggression must be undertaken.
c) he advocated an immediate end to slavery, which ignited violent riots between abolitionists and proslavery groups
d) he popularized the term "popular sovereignty," which would frame the debate over states' rights and lead to the civil war.