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A. As the 1860 presidential election became closer and closer; the Democratic Party split over slavery. Northern Democrats rallied behind Douglas and Southern Democrats supported Dred Scott.
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∙ 12y agoThe Democrats could not agree on a single candidate so their votes were divided between two candidates.
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How did the Democratic Party split affect the election of 1860?
they didint
Is it true thatSouthern Democratic Party was one of the major parties in the presidential election of 1860?
yes
Was John Breckinridge a presidential candidate in 1860?
No, he ran for U.S. President in 1860 as the Democratic Party's southern candidate.
The split in the democratic party that resulted in two democratic candidates running for the presidency in 1860 led to whose election?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the reason why the Democratic Party was not a strong force in the election of 1860?
split into north n south fragments
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.
Who splited the votes to make it easier for Lincoln to win the election in 1860?
The Democratic Party - divided into a North and a South faction.
When was Democratic Party - Switzerland - created?
Democratic Party - Switzerland - was created in 1860.
The candidacies of Stephen Douglas and John C. Breckinridge in the 1860 presidential election showed?
They showed The split in the Democratic Party.
Which presidential election convinced the south to pull out of the union?
The election of November 1860, when Lincoln was elected as the first president from the Republican Party - the Democratic Party having split into two factions, North and South.
What political party survived into 1860?
the democratic party(:
Over what issue did the Democratic Party break apart in 1860?
The Democratic Party broke apart in 1860 over the issue of slavery.
