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One of the reasons the whig party collapsed is because in the election of 1856 they had no position on slavery, which was a very important topic in the election. Most of the individual members had an opinion against slavery and left the party to join the Republicans.

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Q: What factors led to the decline of the Whig Party in the early 1850s?
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