Even Though Many Northerners Opposed Slavery, Why Did They Not

question 45

Multiple Choice

Even though many Northerners opposed slavery, why did they not support the Liberty Party and its antislavery platform during the 1844 presidential election?

• A) They knew the Liberty Party was too unorganized to challenge the established Democratic and Whig parties.
• B) They believed the Liberty Party's uncompromising views against slavery would force the South to leave the Union.
• C) They opposed the Liberty Party's decision to give free blacks suffrage.
• D) They believed that the issue of permitting slavery should be decided at the state or territorial levels through popular sovereignty.

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