Which of the Following Is True of the Presidential Campaign

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the presidential campaign of 1848?

• A) Although Martin Van Buren lost all of the southern states, he won the election by carrying the Northeast and Northwest.
• B) Zachary Taylor campaigned in favor of the exclusion of slavery in the territories.
• C) In the North, antislavery Whigs, members of the former Liberty Party, and New York Democrats committed to the Wilmot Proviso formed the Free-Soil Party, which selected Martin Van Buren as its presidential nominee.
• D) Lewis Cass appealed to northern voters because he called for the immediate abolition of slavery.

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