Your answer is A.) Lincoln won 40% of the popular vote. Lincoln actually won the election with less than 40% of the popular vote.
Answer:
<em>The correct option is A) He argued that slavery was necessary, benefiting both slaves and slave owners</em>
Explanation:
John C Calhoun believed that slavery was not an evil act rather it was a positive good which benefited both the slave and slave owners. The claims made by John C Calhoun were on the grounds of white supremacy and paternalism. He was of the view that every society is ruled by a group of elites and it is the right of the slaves to serve the elites.
He was a Federalist, Democratic-Republican, a National Republican, and then later part of the Whig Party.
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