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,early-nineteenth-century politicians

A) decided to ban slavery from all United States territories.
B) hoped to divide the West into free and slave territories.
C) avoided public discussion of slavery.
D) banished abolitionists from membership in either national party.
E) worked to make third parties almost impossible.