SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
THE ELECTION OF 1860
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Question
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In 1860, the Republicans chose ____ as their candidate for president.
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Stephen Douglass
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Andrew Johnson
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Abraham Lincoln
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James K. Polk
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago nominated Abraham Lincoln, a moderate former one-term Whig Representative from Illinois. Its platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the South but opposed extension of slavery into the territories.
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