The event most likely occurring due to the 1860 presidential election of lincoln was
a) the beginning of reconstruction.
b) the passage of the kansas-nebraska act.
c) the john brown-led raid at harper's ferry.
d) the secession of south carolina from the union.

Two gymnastics teams are intense rivals. the first team has started recruiting new gymnasts from different cities and even foreign countires in an effort to build a stronger team. after learning this, the secondteam begins its own recruitment campaign to find better gymnasts. over a period of months, each team recruits dozens of players, each time trying to find a better recruit than its rivals most recent addition. which idea from the cold war is most similar to this scenario