Why was Abraham Lincoln chosen as the Republican presidential candidate for the 1860 election over front-runner Senator William H. Seward?
A) Lincoln could carry his home state of Kentucky.
B) Seward strongly supported nativism.
C) Lincoln came from a prosperous, well-known family.
D) Seward was seen as too radical.
E) Abraham Lincoln pledged to end slavery.
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