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The evasion of the slavery issue by whigs and democrats in 1848?
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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.
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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
Why did some democrats and whigs leave their parties in 1848 to form the new free soil party?
Neither candidate took a stand on slavery in the territories
What does political cause in civil war mean?
The Civil War political cause is based on beyond the official stance, what was the real political reason for the Civil War. The Democrats, by then known as the Slave Party, believed that slavery was protected by the Constitution, and that northerners were determined to end slavery and destroy the system they had grown wealthy with. The Republicans were former Whigs, to whom the abolition of slavery was important enough for them to split from the Whigs to form a party that would have this issue as its main focus. Lincoln, a Republican, was much more ambivalent about the issue of slavery than many of his more radical brethren. His main concern was keeping the Union intact.
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)
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.
In the election of 1848 what did the democrats fail to do?
It is not what they failed to do that kiled them but what they did do. You see At the time slavery was a huge issue and the Democrats and the independent parties choose to take a side while the whigs choose not to. Because the Whigs nether condoned nor condemed slavery they managed to scoop up many exta voters.
Why did the Republican Party formed?
The republican party formed because a group of whigs and democrats felt that their parties weren't taking the slavery issue strongly enough.
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.
Which of these is an issue in economic policy that the Whigs and Democrats disagreed about?
how government be involved in the economy
Why were the whigs and democrats forced to take a stand on slavery?
The Free-Soil Party wanted to allow slavery in the new territories.
Why were Whigs and Democrats forced to take a stand on slavery?
The Free-Soil Party wanted to allow slavery in the new territories.
What did the issue of slavery threaten to do to the two great national parties?
Threatened to disrupt the ranks of both Whigs and Democrats and split national politics along North-South sectional lines.
What did the slavery issue have on the democratic and Whig parties?
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
Whats an issue in economic policy that the Whigs and Democrats disagreed about?
How government should be involved in the economy
What impact did the slavery issue have on the democratic and whig parties?
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
What led people to support the Republican Party?
Slavery was the first big issue for the Republican Party-- the party was formed mostly of people against slavery. When the Whigs split over slavery, most of the anti-slavery Whigs joined the Republicans.
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
