a close relationship between business and government
The Whigs.
Northern Whigs became Republicans, Southern Whigs became Democrats
Democratic Party
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Most of the first Republicans were former Whigs.
The Whigs kicked him out of the party in September 1841.
Because he failed to live up to the Whigs expectations . -A.M.G
The party comprised of numerous groups, including antislavery Whigs, Democrats, and nativists, was the Republican Party. Founded in the 1850s, it emerged as a coalition opposing the expansion of slavery into the territories of the United States. The party attracted a diverse membership united by the goal of promoting free soil and limiting the influence of slaveholding interests in the nation.
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the whigs and democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty
Because he failed to live up to the Whigs expectations . -A.M.G
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.