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What political party drew their support from former whigs?
Most of the first Republicans were former Whigs.
What groups of the south supported the Republican Party?
Scalawags. White Southerners supporting the Republicans.
Which conclusion about the election of 1860 is BEST justified by the fact that there were four major candidates?
The root cause was the break-up of the old parties by the slavery question. The Whigs split in 1856 and did not field a candidate. A new party, the Republicans was formed from northern Whigs and anti-slavery factions. The southern whigs and others Southerners formed a new Constitutional Union Party. The Democrats split into north and south and nominated two candidates.
Which political party drew their support from former whigs?
The Republican Party.
Why did the Whig party split into cotton whigs and conscience whigs?
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.
Who emerged in the 1850s as an antislavery party and consisted of former Northern Whigs and antislavery Democrats?
the whigs and democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty
What new political party of the 1830s attracted former supporters of John Quincy Adams?
Whigs party
Why did some southerners reject sherman's plan to give land to former slaves?
Some southerners felt that confiscating property violated the constitution.
Why did some southerners reject Sherman plan to give land to former slaves?
Some southerners felt that confiscating property violated the constitution.
Why did some southerners reject Sherman's plans to give land to former slaves?
Some southerners felt that confiscating property violated the constitution.
Why did some southerners reject Sherman’s plan to give land to former slaves?
Some southerners felt that confiscating property violated the constitution.
Why did some southerners reject William Sherman plan to give land to former slaves?
some southerners felt that confiscating property violated the constitution
