Question

The Democratic Party split in 1860 over the question of whether to: a. impeach Chief Justice Roger Taney for the Dred Scott decision. b. protect slavery in the territories or allow popular sovereignty in them. c. endorse the acquisition of Cuba by the United States, thus increasing slave territory. d. renominate President James Buchanan for a second term. e. immediately bring Kansas and Nebraska into the Union as slave states.

Answer 1

Right choice: b.

Step-by-step explanation:

Slavery was the most important issue of political debates and clashes within the Democratic Party and in other parties in the electoral year of 1860. The Northern Democrats didn´t want to allow slavery in western territories, a standing Southern Democrats couldn´t share. Northeners were inclined to give more powers to the federal government, whereas Southerners were supporters of the idea of giving more powers to the states in handling their own affairs, particularly slavery.