They disagreed on if they should be a free country or be a part of Great Britain.
Except D. some federal troops would remain in the South to protect the civil rights of African Americans
The correct answer is B) People's votes show what parties they support.
The element of politics today that started with the election of 1840 was "People's votes show what parties they support."
In the US election of 1840, the Whig party candidate, William Henry Harrison, defeated Democrat Martin Van Beuren. However, a month later after Henry took the Presidential office, he died. Vicepresident John Tyler became the President. In this election, US citizens showed the preference they had when they decided to vote for a Whig candidate, instead of the traditional bipartisan candidates.
Raised morale among colonists
