Because of different positions on the issue of slavery, in the 1860 election the Democratic Party
a. almost unanimously selected Stephen Douglas as their candidate.
b. chose to support Abraham Lincoln as their candidate.
c. dissolved.
d. joined forces with the Whigs.
e. split into three factions.
ANS: E
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