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British political party opposed to lord norths tories?
whigs
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.
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 new party was made of people from the free soil party and antislavery Whigs?
yes
What new party made of people from the free-soil party and antislavery whigs?
yes
What new party was made of people from free soil party and antislavery whigs?
yes
What new party of people from the free soil party and antislavery whigs?
Call me maybe?
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 party did the antislavery democrats and whigs join with members of the liberty party to form?
Free Soil Party
The political party made up of antislavery Democrats Free-Soilers and Whigs was the?
The Republican Party.
Antislavery Whigs who opposed both the Texas annexation and the Mexican War on moral grounds?
"Conscience Whigs".
Who were the antislavery Whigs who opposed both the Texas annexation and the Mexican American War on moral grounds?
They were called "Conscience Whigs".
How did the Liberty Party elect Polk in 1844?
The Liberty Party was the third party of the day. Their candidate James G. Birney got the support of a small northern group of antislavery Whigs, costing Henry Clay the election.
What new political party with a central antislavery philosophy became popular in the North in the mid 1850s?
The Republican Party emerged in the mid-1850s as a new political party in the North with a central antislavery philosophy. It attracted a diverse coalition of former Whigs, Free Soilers, and antislavery Democrats who opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories. The party's rise to prominence culminated in the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860.
By 1856 the Republican Party included in its membership people who were?
northern whigs
