The Compromise of 1850 did not stop debates over slavery, especially in regard to western territories and new states. In 1854, Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act. According to the
act, the people in the new territories of Kansas and Nebraska would vote on whether to allow
slavery in their territories. This law undid part of the Missouri Compromise, which had previously
drawn a line to divide territories between slave and free.
The following map shows the United States in 1854. Look at the map. Then answer the question
below.
The United States, 1854
Nebraska
Territory
Kansas
Territory
Free states
Slave states
Territories
--- Missouri Compromise

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.