In the election of 1864, Democratic candidate George McClellan: ______
A) proclaimed the war a failure and demanded an armistice with the South.
B) supported sweeping measures designed to promote banking, western settlement, and industrial expansion.
C) recommended an alliance with Native Americans and a direct attack on Richmond.
D) called for abolition of slavery and the granting of equal rights to blacks.
E) recommended vast expansions of executive power for successful prosecution of the war.