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Q: Who did the whigs become and why did they split up?
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Why were there four parties and candidates in the presidential election of 1860?

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.


Why did Whigs opposes a war with Mexico?

the whigs did not want conquered territory to become slave states


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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.


Why did the Whigs throw president out of their party?

Because he failed to live up to the Whigs expectations . -A.M.G


What UK political party were originally called The Whigs?

The Whigs became the Liberals which eventually merged with the SDP to become the modern Liberal Democrats


Why did the Whigs throw out president Tyler out of their party?

Because he failed to live up to the Whigs expectations . -A.M.G


What were the two major political parties during Thomas Jefferson's time?

the two major political parties were the whigs and the democrats, later on the whigs split onto two, the republicans and the whigs.


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


What caused the end of the US Whig party?

Most historians cite the passage of the Kansas - Nebraska Act to have caused the collapse of the US political party known as the Whigs. The Whigs split off into the Republican Party and the Know - Nothing Party.


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 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