In Order to Maintain the Two Great Political Parties as Vital

Multiple Choice

In order to maintain the two great political parties as vital bonds of national unity, party leaders in the late 1840s

A) called for the banning of slavery from all United States territories.
B) called for allowing slavery into all United States territories.
C) avoided a full public discussion of and debate about slavery.
D) banished abolitionists from membership in either national party.
E) worked to make the creation of third parties almost impossible.