In the 1856 Election, Which of the Following Did the Democrats

question 6

Multiple Choice

In the 1856 election, which of the following did the Democrats support?

• A) the idea that Congress should refuse to interfere with slavery in the states or territories
• B) the repeal of both the Fugitive Slave Act and the Kansas-Nebraska Act
• C) much of the agenda of the former Whigs, including the idea of slavery as barbaric
• D) the reinstitution of the Missouri Compromise
• E) federal funding for a transcontinental railroad and western expansion

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