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The disagreements upon the electoral program, particularly the clause "to safeguard the slavery". On Apr.30, 1860, two programs were put to the vote at the Democratic Convention: the first one presented by Stephen Douglas for the moderates and the second one by the delegates of the southern States. The radicals were outvoted and abandoned the Convention and established the " Democratic Constitutional Convention". So the Democratic Party was split into two separate parties.
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∙ 8y agoSlavery was the issue of the split in the Democratic Party.
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∙ 8y agoThe Compromise of 1820 allowed for Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state if this state was allowed to enter as a free state.
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∙ 14y agobecause they had to many Representatives
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Which issue played a major role in the Democratic Party split?
Which issue below played a major role in the Democratic Party split
The candidacies of Stephen Douglas and John C. Breckinridge in the 1860 presidential election showed?
They showed The split in the Democratic Party.
What is the southern democratic party?
The Northern Democratic Party was the effect of the splitting of the Democratic Party. As the North kept opposing slavery, the south got aggravated Then, the Democratic party split into the Northern and Southern Democratic Party. In the election of 1860, there were two democrats who ran. One from the south, and one from the north. Because of the Democratic party splitting, the election was won by Republican Abraham Lincoln. If the party had not split, we wouldn't have had Abraham Lincoln as our 16th president.
What two parties did the Democratic Party split into?
2
How did the Democratic Party split affect the election of 1860?
they didint
What caused the Democratic Party to split regional factions?
Slavery.
What year did Van Buren split with the Democratic Party?
1848
What party split its support between Stephen a Douglas and john breckinridge?
Democratic party
What political party did Thomas Jefferson belong to?
He was a Democratic-Republican, one of the founders in 1792. The party later split (in 1824) to form the Democratic Party and the Whig Party.
What party did the Democrats come from?
The modern Democratic Party in the US originated with the Republican Party: now referred to as the Democratic-Republican Party (1791-1825). The Democratic Party was founded in 1828. After the original Democratic-Republican Party split in 1825, those who opposed Democratic president Andrew Jackson formed the Whig Party in 1833.
Anger over the election of 1824 led to a split in which political party?
Democratic-Republican Party.
What issues led the split in the democratic party in the late 1850s?
Slavery
