In the election of 1864, President Abraham Lincoln
A. faced a Democratic opponent who was a former Union general.
B. was greatly aided by Robert E. Lee's surrender just before Election Day.
C. won by a narrow margin in the electoral vote.
D. proposed a truce in the Civil War.
E. emphasized the success of the Republican Party in fighting the Civil War.
A
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