After serving four terms in the Illinois legislature and one term in Congress, Abraham Lincoln was propelled back into politics by the shock of
A)the Kansas-Nebraska bill
B)the Dred Scott decision.
C)John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry.
D)Bleeding Kansas.
E)the Fugitive Slave Law.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Bill of 1854, which allowed for the possibility of slavery expanding into new territories, was a significant factor that brought Abraham Lincoln back into politics.

After Serving Four Terms in the Illinois Legislature and One