In the 1860 presidential election, the Republican party adopted an economic program that included all of the following features except

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In the 1860 presidential election, the Republican party's economic program did not include a national income tax. The national income tax was first implemented during the Civil War, after the 1860 election, as a measure to raise revenue for the war effort. The other options (federal aid for internal improvements, a protective tariff, free homesteads for settlers in the west, and providing land to immigrants who were not yet citizens) were indeed part of the Republican platform or policies that aligned with their economic views at the time.

In the 1860 Presidential Election, the Republican Party Adopted an Economic