Why did Southern Democrats refuse to support Stephen Douglas in the election of 1860?
(A) They disagreed with his popular sovereignty platform
(B) He chose a former Free-Soil Party Northerner as his running mate
(C) The South wanted to secede while Douglas wanted to remain in the Union
(D) He had rejected the Lecompton Constitution
Answer: (D) He had rejected the Lecompton Constitution
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