<p>Does anyone know the answer to this question?</p>
<p>All of the following contributed to the sectional crisis that culminated in the civil war EXCEPT
A. Gadsen purchase
B. Election of Lincoln in 1860
C. Dred Scott decision
D. Comp. of 1850
E. Kansas Nebraska</p>
<p>I went with Lincoln but it could also be Gadsen purchase. Any ideas?</p>
<p>The answer is A) Gadsden Purchase. That was concerned with the building of a transcontinental railroad; it had nothing to do with the sectional crisis of the antebellum years.</p>
<p>Lincoln’s election in 1860 caused South Carolina and other states to secede. He didn’t win a single southern vote.</p>
<p>The Dred Scott Decision, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act all are clear contributors to the sectional crisis, sparked by the question of the extension of slavery.</p>