The legislature of South Carolina called a convention to consider secession in response to the
a. admission of California as a free state.
b. the Dred Scott decision.
c. election of Republican Abraham Lincoln.
d. election of Stephen Douglas as the Illinois senator.
e. Missouri Compromise.
ANS: C
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