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What issue forced Democrats President Buchanan and Senator Stephen Douglas to disagree?
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President James Buchanan wanted accept the pro-slavery constitution drawn up and to admit Kansas to the union as a slave state. Although he was personally opposed to slavery he believed that it had constitutional protection and he was bound to uphold it. Stephen Douglas thought the people of Kansas should be allowed to vote on their state constitution and reject slavery if they so voted.
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Why did the northern Democrats support Stephen A. Douglas for president in the election of 1860?
Douglas supported the doctorine of popular sovereignty.
What was Stephen A Douglas' southern strategy to win the 1860 presidential election?
Stephen A. Douglas believed that to keep the presidency in the hands of the Democratic Party, he needed to execute a "southern" strategy. He had to convince southern Democrats that they needed Democratic support in the northern states that gave President Buchanan the White House in 1856. This meant the Democrats had to carry Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois and Indians plus the southern states. Douglas was unable to convince them and southern Democrats focused on sectionalism. This cost them the presidency, and gave the edge to the Republican, Abraham Lincoln. If Douglas had succeeded, there may have not been a Civil War.
Who was nominated for president by the northern democrats in the election 1860?
Stephen A. Douglas, US senator from Illinois was their candidate in 1860.
Who was nominated president by the northern democrats in the election in 1860?
Stephen A. Douglas, US senator from Illinois was their candidate in 1860.
Who was the 1860 democratic candidate for president?
Northern Democrats nominated Sen. Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois; Southern Democrats nominated Vice Pres. John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky.
Who was nominated for president by the northern democrats in the election of 1860?
Stephen A. Douglas, US senator from Illinois was their candidate in 1860.
What issues divided the Republican Party in the 1860's?
The northern Democrats supported Stephen A. Douglas for President in 1860, but the southern Democrats withheld support for Douglas. The South demanded that Douglas repudiate the Freeport Doctrine and support a federal slave law. The Douglas supporters pointed out that to do that would drive the northern Democrats into the Republican Party.
Who was nominated for president by norther democrats in election of 1860?
The presidential election of 1860 had four candidates. The Republicans were behind Abraham Lincoln. The Democrats were split three ways in a manner of speaking. It would be safe to say the the Northern Democrats backed Senator Stephan Douglas as their nominee.
When Michael Douglas played the title role in the film The American President his character was a bachelor Which President was a confirmed bachelor in real life?
James Buchanan the only bachelor president. Others were widowers and without wives in the White House.
Who was Abraam competing against when he became president?
Democrat Stephen a. Douglas, John c. Beckinridge of the southern democrats , and John Bell of the New Constitutional Union Party.
How did Lincoln and Douglas disagree about slavery?
They debated.
The Southern Democrats organized their own convention in 1860 and nominated?
John C. Breckinridge. Stephen A. Douglas was the nominee for the Northern Democrats.
