Question

Who were the 4 Presidential candidates during the Election of 1860, what parties did they represent, and were they pro or anti-slavery? answer all 3 for each of the 4 candidates *

Answer 1

Answer:

Abraham Lincoln, John Breckenridge, John Bell, And Stephen Douglas

Explanation:

Abraham Lincoln → National Union Party → Lincoln was morally opposed to slavery

John Breckenridge → Democratic Party → Had publicly declared his opposition to "impairing in any form" the legal protection of slavery.

John Bell →  Democratic Party →  Bell opposed efforts to expand slavery to the U.S. territories.

Stephen Douglas → Democratic Party → Douglas believed that popular sovereignty would defuse the tension between the proslavery and antislavery factions.

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