Question

question 8 of 10
what was true about the whig, free - soil, and know - nothing parties?
a. each focused on one issue.
b. each won a presidential election.
c. each had power in the 1860s.
d. each dissolved in the 1850s.

Explanation:

• Option A: The Whig Party had a broader political agenda (e.g., support for the American System), the Free - Soil Party focused on opposing the expansion of slavery, and the Know - Nothing (American) Party focused on nativism (anti - immigrant, anti - Catholic). So they did not each focus on one issue.
• Option B: The Free - Soil Party and the Know - Nothing Party never won a presidential election. Only the Whig Party had some presidential election wins (e.g., William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor).
• Option C: The Whig Party dissolved in the 1850s, so it did not have power in the 1860s. The Free - Soil Party's influence waned, and the Know - Nothing Party also declined in the late 1850s.
• Option D: The Whig Party dissolved in the 1850s (due to sectional tensions over slavery). The Free - Soil Party dissolved in the 1850s (many of its members joined the Republican Party). The Know - Nothing Party also dissolved in the 1850s (internal divisions and the rise of the Republican Party).

Answer:

D. Each dissolved in the 1850s