In the presidential election of 1856, the Republican Party's platform endorsed __________
A) popular sovereignty in the territories
B) prohibiting slavery in the territories
C) Fillmore, who opposed Buchanan
D) secession from the United States
E) Buchanan, who opposed Fillmore
Answer: B
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