<span>-Was originally called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
-Was sometimes called 'the Versailles State' because it was created by the Treaty of Versailles which ended WWI.
-Was (primarily) agglomeration of two ethnic groups that had existed previously</span>
The Consitiutional Union Party candidate John Bell hoped to ease the tension between the North and South by promising to uphold the Union and enforce federal laws.