What did the election of 1856 show? check any of the boxes that apply. 1)there was a political divide between the north and the south. 2) a third-party candidate could do well in a presidential election. 3)slavery was the main issue dividing the main parties.

1856 Presidential Election. The United States presidential election of 1856 was an unusually heated electioncampaign that led to the election of James Buchanan, the ambassador to the United Kingdom. ... Former President Millard Fillmore represented a third party, the relatively new American Party or “Know-Nothings