The Whig Party Committed a Fatal Blunder in 1852 by

question 6

Multiple Choice

The Whig party committed a fatal blunder in 1852 by

• A) nominating General Winfield Scott on an antislavery platform.
• B) failing to nominate President Fillmore or Senator Webster as shapers of the Compromise of 1850.
• C) nominating a proslavery candidate on an antislavery platform.
• D) conducting a proslavery campaign in the South and a proslavery campaign in the North.
• E) failing to denounce the southern secessionist "fire-eaters."

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