In the 1860 presidential election, the Republican party adopted an economic program that included all of the following features except
A) Federal aid for internal improvements
B) A protective tariff.
C) Free homesteads for settlers in the west.
D) a national income tax.
E) providing land to immigrants who were not yet citizens.
Question 2
Which statement best describes the Republican party position in the election of 1860?
A) There should be immediate emancipation of slaves in the South.
B) A program of gradual compensated emancipation should be started.
C) There should be no further extension of slavery into the territories.
D) The principle of popular sovereignty should be honestly applied in the remaining territories.
E) The constitutionality of slavery should be decided by the Supreme Court.