In the Election of 1860

question 142

Multiple Choice

In the election of 1860,

• A) the Republicans called for a suspension of plans for a transcontinental railroad.
• B) Stephen Douglas received a larger popular vote than Abraham Lincoln.
• C) John Bell and J.C. Breckinridge, taken together, bested Lincoln in the popular vote.
• D) the Republicans won a narrow majority in Congress.
• E) white southerners concluded that their position in the Union was hopeless.

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