Question

Select the true statements about the Democratic Party. It is the oldest political party in the United States. The Democrats won the Presidency in the 90s but lost control of the Congress. The Democratic party won considerable political strength during the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was a Democrat. In the 1850s Democrats fought over the slavery issue in California.

Answer 1

True:

The Democratic Party is the oldest remaining political party in the United States and one of the oldest in the world.

The Democrats did win the Presidency in 1992 with the election of Bill Clinton and lost Congress with the Republican Revolution led by Newt Gingrich in 1994.

Democrats did fight over slavery in California in the 1850s.

False:

Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, not a Democrat.

The Republican Party gained a lot of strength during the Civil War.