Question

Answer the following questions covering the three presidential elections preceding Abraham Lincoln’s victory in 1860.

Imagine that it is election day in 1848. You are about to cast your vote in the presidential election and are excited to support this years’s Free-Soil candidate,______
• Martin Van Buren
• Charles Sumner
• Charles Francis Adams

You are voting for the Free-Soil Party candidate because you want a president who:
•Promises to give free homesteads to American wishing to settle in the West
•Believes that slavery is wrong and should be abolished immediately
•Will take a strong stance slavery in the territories


Imagine that it is election day in 1852. You are about to cast your vote in the presidential election and are excited to support this years’s Free-Soil candidate,______
•Joshua Giddings
•John P. Hale
•Samuel Lewis

You are voting for the Free-Soil Party candidate because you want a president who:
•Has taken strong stance against of Compromise of 1850
•Has pledged to give homesteads to western settlers
•Has no strong position on the Compromise of 1850

Imagine that it is election day in 1856. You are about to cast your vote in the presidential election and are excited to support this years’s Know-Nothing candidate,______
•Millard Fillmore
•George Law
•Garrett Davis

You are voting for the Know-Nothing Party candidate because you want a president who:
•Will take a firm stance to restrict Irish and German immigration to the United States
•Supports a vigorous program of protective tariffs, internal improvements, and railroad construction
•Opposes slavery throughout the country and has pledged to abolish it entirely

Answer 1

The Free-Soil and Know-Nothing candidates in the elections preceding Abraham Lincoln's victory in 1860.

Step-by-step explanation:

The presidential elections preceding Abraham Lincoln’s victory in 1860

1848 Election:

The Free-Soil candidate in the 1848 election was Martin Van Buren. He was chosen by the newly formed Free-Soil party, which aimed to stop the expansion of slavery. Van Buren supported free homesteads, the immediate abolition of slavery, and a strong stance against slavery in the territories.

1852 Election:

The Free-Soil candidate in the 1852 election was John P. Hale. He had taken a strong stance against the Compromise of 1850 and pledged to give homesteads to western settlers.

1856 Election:

The Know-Nothing candidate in the 1856 election was Millard Fillmore. The Know-Nothing party aimed to restrict Irish and German immigration to the United States. Fillmore also supported protective tariffs, internal improvements, and opposed slavery throughout the country.

Answer 2

I believe the answer must be C