The Democratic Party Split in 1860 Over the Question of Whether

question 76

Multiple Choice

The Democratic Party split in 1860 over the question of whether to

• A) renominate President James Buchanan for a second term.
• B) protect slavery in the territories or allow popular sovereignty in them.
• C) impeach Chief Justice Roger Taney for the Dred Scott decision.
• D) endorse the acquisition of Cuba by the United States, thus increasing slave territory.
• E) immediately bring Kansas and Nebraska into the Union as slave states.

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