In Order to Maintain the Two Great Political Parties as Vital

question 27

Multiple Choice

In order to maintain the two great political parties as vital bonds of national unity,early-nineteenth-century politicians

• A) decided to ban slavery from all United States territories.
• B) hoped to divide the West into free and slave territories.
• C) avoided public discussion of slavery.
• D) banished abolitionists from membership in either national party.
• E) worked to make third parties almost impossible.

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