-How Does the Information Found on the Map and Chart

question 28

Multiple Choice

-How does the information found on the map and chart illustrate why the Democratic Party lost the presidential election of 1860?

• A) Lincoln won the election with a majority rather than a plurality.
• B) Lincoln had strong support in the slave states.
• C) The Democratic Party split into Northern and Southern factions.
• D) The Constitutional Union Party took away enough electoral votes in the lower South.

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