What Was the Significance of the 1848 Presidential Election, Which

What was the significance of the 1848 presidential election, which included candidates Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, and Lewis Cass?

A) The Free-Soilers divided both the Democratic vote and the Whig vote on the state-level in such a way that Taylor-who was a slave owner but opposed slavery in the West-won nationwide.
B) Because none of the candidates wanted to alienate possible supporters, their campaigns managed to avoid the topic of slavery in the western territories altogether, ultimately prolonging the issue.
C) The Democrats would take control of the White House, the Congress, and the Supreme Court in a showdown that guaranteed endorsement of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D) The vote was decided in the House of Representatives after a tie between the Democrats and the Whigs, which resulted in an outcry by the public on the validity of the election.
E) The election broke up the Whig party to such an extent that it would never again have a candidate in future American elections and its platform would be subsumed under the other parties.