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I believe that the answer is C: Most electoral votes and selected Al Gore for president.
Answer;
European isolation from the rest of the world
Explanation;
-The Age of Exploration was a period from the early 15th century and continuing into the early 17th century, during which European ships were traveled around the world to search for new trading routes and partners to feed burgeoning capitalism in Europe.
-In the process, Europeans encountered peoples and mapped lands previously unknown to them. Among the most famous explorers of the period were Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Pedro Álvares Cabral, John Cabot, Juan Ponce de León, and Ferdinand Magellan.
-The Age of Exploration was rooted in new technologies and ideas growing out of the Renaissance, these included advances in cartography, navigation, and shipbuilding.
South wanted slavery, rebellions because of Lincoln becoming president, John Brown's and other abolitionists actions, the consequences caused by Compromise of 1850, the consequences of the Fugitive Slave Act, and the controversy and Bleeding Kansas.