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Why did some democrats and whigs leave their parties in 1848 to form the new free soil party?
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Neither candidate took a stand on slavery in the territories
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The evasion of the slavery issue by whigs and democrats in 1848?
The Whigs and Democrats avoided and evaded the issue of slavery in the election of 1848 by splitting down the middle on who was for and who was against slavery. Whigs and Democrats in the South wanted to keep slavery. Whigs and Democrats in the North wanted to abolish slavery.
Lincoln became a Republican after leaving which party?
The Whig Party (whose final collapse was the result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 - since Southern Whigs joined the Democrats in supporting it, but Northern Whigs opposed it)
What political party was against slavery?
no it wasnt because the Northern Whigs joined with other opponents of slavery.and the north was against slavery yes they were against slavery the democrats were for it
Explain how the Republican Party formed and how it gained strength so quickly.?
The Republican party was formed on March 20, 1854, by anti-slavery Whigs who met in the upper Midwestern states to discuss the formation of a new party. The Republican party gained strength very quickly, as many people blamed the Kansas Border wars on the Democrats.
British political party opposed to lord norths tories?
whigs
Who are the whigs copperheads and the populists?
The Whigs, Copperheads, and Populists were all parties that collapsed. The Democrats were the only original party to last as new parties formed.
What parties that made up the new republican party?
Whigs, Democratic's, and some northern Democrats.
Why did the Republican party?
The republican party formed because a group of whigs and democrats felt that their parties weren't taking the slavery issue strongly enough.
What were the political parties during the Texas annexation?
whigs and democrats
How did the views of the Whigs and Democrats differ from those the Free-Soil Party?
the whigs and democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty
How did the views of the whigs and the democrats differ from those in the free soil party?
The Whigs and Democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty.
How did the view of the whigs and democrats differ from those in the free-soil party?
the whigs and democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty
How did the views of the Whigs and Democrats different from those in the Free Soil party?
the whigs and democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty
How did the views of Whigs and democrats differ from those in the free soil party?
the whigs and democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty
How did the views of the Whigs and Democrats differ from those of the free-soil party?
the whigs and democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty
How did the views of Whigs and democrats differ from those in the free-soil party?
the whigs and democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty
How did the views of the whigs and democrats differ from those in the free soil party?
The Whigs and Democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty.
