In the 1850s, the Main Issue That Unified the Otherwise

question 65

Multiple Choice

In the 1850s, the main issue that unified the otherwise diverse elements of the new Republican party was

• A) a national economic policy relating to the tariff, banking, and internal improvements.
• B) "Bleeding Kansas"
• C) Abolitionism
• D) Nativism
• E) U.S. expansion into the Caribbean

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