Question

After the Democratic Party split, it ran a Northern Democrat, Stephen A. Douglas, and this person, a Southern Democrat:
a. John C. Breckinridge
b. Franklin Pierce
c. John Bell
d. Henry Clay

Answer 1

The correct answer is a. John C. Breckinridge. He was the Southern Democratic candidate in the 1860 presidential election, while Stephen A. Douglas was the Northern Democratic candidate.