In the Election of 1860

Multiple Choice

In the election of 1860,

A) the Republicans called for a suspension of plans for a transcontinental railroad.
B) Stephen Douglas received a larger popular vote than Abraham Lincoln.
C) John Bell and J.C. Breckinridge, taken together, bested Lincoln in the popular vote.
D) the Republicans won a narrow majority in Congress.
E) white southerners concluded that their position in the Union was hopeless.