What led to the demise of the Whig Party?

Answer 1

The Whigs could no longer agree on a position for the slavery issue. Whigs began joining the Republican Party if they were against the preservation of slavery and the Democrats if they were for keeping it as a state option. By 1856 there were not enough Whigs left to have any chance of electing a president, although they did run a coalition candidate , Fillmore, who got 22% of the votes.

Answer 2

One theory is that he Whig party which was led by Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams. The slavery issue, primarily the Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Law, the ignoring of the Wilmot Proviso (which would have prohibited slavery in the territory gained from Mexico), and finally the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which pushed for popular sovereignty in territories well north of the limits imposed by the Missouri Compromise of 1820.

Answer 3

The Whigs were a national US political party whose members frequently were split over important US policies. Finally the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 gave birth to "Bloody Kansas". Whigs split over policies such as popular sovereignty, issues on slavery, other North vs South legislation and party politics issues. With the birth of the anti-slavery Republican Party, Whigs either became Democrats or Republicans. That ended the party.

Answer 4

Another theory concerning the destruction of the Whig Party was led by a loyalty politics attack against southern Whigs led by southern Democrats. is the center a one traditional account for the Whig collapse. All of this involved slavery. The so-called replacement by the American Party was only able to take advantage of this situation briefly.

Answer 5

The Whig Party was destroyed by the question of whether to allow the expansion of slavery to the territories. Most Whig party leaders eventually quit politics or changed parties.

Answer 6

the kansas-nebraska act