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In the election of 1852 the Whig Party began to be destroyed. The party was divided on whether or not to allow slavery in the new territories.
The Whig Party dissolved because they were in disagreement about splitting slavery sections into Northern and Southern branches. It dissolved in 1856.
because they oppse the spread of slavery and they refuse to take a stand, so they join the party to keep slavery out of western territories
The issue of slavery split the party. "Conscience Whigs" in the North favored the abolition of slavery and halting the institution's spread into new territories. The "Cotton Whigs" in the South took the opposite viewpoints. Following Scott's poor showing in 1852, the southerners moved to the Democratic Party and the northerners to the newly formed Republican Party. There is a link below.
The party that was formed was called the Whig Party.
The Whig Party
Members of the Whig Party were divided on the subject of slavery. This led to the end of the party in the middle of the 19th century.
It made slavery a central issue. It split the party into two factions.
the answer is the whig party
The Whig Party's platform completely avoided addressing the issue of slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War. They focused more on economic issues and internal improvements rather than taking a stance on the divisive issue of slavery.
The issue of slavery split the party. "Conscience Whigs" in the North favored the abolition of slavery and halting the institution's spread into new territories. The "Cotton Whigs" in the South took the opposite viewpoints
The Republican party. Before the republican party existed the Whig party, which shortly withered away when slavery was first introduced, it could not stand against the Democratic Party. Thus giving birth to the Republican Party.
slavery
The issue of slavery split the party. "Conscience Whigs" in the North favored the abolition of slavery and halting the institution's spread into new territories. The "Cotton Whigs" in the South took the opposite viewpoints
The Republican party. Before the republican party existed the Whig party, which shortly withered away when slavery was first introduced, it could not stand against the Democratic Party. Thus giving birth to the Republican Party.
In the election of 1852 the Whig Party began to be destroyed. The party was divided on whether or not to allow slavery in the new territories.
The Republican Party was formed in 1854 by those who opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories of the US. By the time of the Civil War, it had attracted most of the northern and anti-slavery members of the Whig party, including Abraham Lincoln.