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AA protective tariff plus free homesteads
BFree trade and a new national bank
CRailroad nationalization and debt relief
DAn income tax and military pensions
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. A protective tariff plus free homesteads
1. In 1860 the Republicans nominated Lincoln and declared that slavery could spread no further.
2. The party also promised a tariff for the protection of industry.
3. It pledged a law granting free homesteads to settlers who would help open the west.
4. The disunity of the Douglas-led Democrats then helped the young party win the election.
_Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 5 "Sectional Conflict"_
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