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Why did many Southerners feel betrayed by President Zachary Taylor?

1) He favored California’s admission as a free state.

1) Once in office, he supported the complete abolition of slavery.

1) He refused to take a position on the issue of slavery in California.

1) He switched from the Whig Party to the Free-Soil Party.

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Many Southerners felt betrayed by President Zachary Taylor because he was a Southerner who favored California's admission as a free state. Option one is correct.

Zachary Taylor was the last Whig Party candidate who served as president taking office in 1849 after his service in the Mexican-American War. Taylor served for a little more than a year in office before dying from a stomach-related illness.