Question

The 1860 Presidential Election:

Question: What event prompted the creation of the Republican Party?
A.) Compromise of 1850
B.) Kansas-Nebraska Act
C.) Lincoln-Douglas debates
D.) secession of the Southern states

Question: Based on their positions on slavery, which candidate in the 1860 presidential election would most strongly favor the Fugitive Slave Law?
A.) Abraham Lincoln
B.) Stephen Douglas
C.) John Bell
D.) John Breckinridge

Question: Look at the table that shows the results of the 1860 election. Which of the following statements about that election is true?
A.) Douglas received the mot electoral votes.
B.) Bell received the smallest number of popular votes.
C.) Lincoln won a majority (over 50 percent) of the popular vote.
D.) Breckinridge received the smallest number of electoral votes.

Answer 1

The Republican Party platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the states but opposed the further extension of slavery into the territories.

In 1865, Lincoln was instrumental in the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which made slavery unconstitutional.

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