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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.

The correct answer is D) He popularized the term "popular sovereignty," which would frame the debate over states' rights and lead to the Civil War.

The option that most accurately evaluates Douglas's political and social contributions is "He popularized the term "popular sovereignty," which would frame the debate over states' rights and lead to the Civil War."

Stephen Douglass (1813-1861) became the leader of the Democratic Party and contended for the Senate in the state of Illinois in 1858. His rival was Abraham Lincoln, and both embarked on a series of debates on the issue of slavery that are renowned as one of the most important debates in American politics. Before the Civil War, he supported the idea of popular sovereignty concerning the issue of slavery.