Question

Imagine that you heard a public speaker talking about the "necessity of protecting slavery, in order to protect the Union, and ensure the Constitution of these United States remains unbroken, no matter what may happen." In the 1860 election, who would this speaker be most likely to support?


a.Democratic Party

b.Republican Party

c.Constitutional Union Party

d.Southern Democrats



Plz help

Answer 1

Its either B or D, The South economically depended on slavery whilst the North was becoming more industrialized. However the two political parties republican and democratic were spilt. I lean forward D but B could be possible