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The northern Democrats supported Stephen A. Douglas for President in 1860, but the southern Democrats withheld support for Douglas. The South demanded that Douglas repudiate the Freeport Doctrine and support a federal slave law. The Douglas supporters pointed out that to do that would drive the northern Democrats into the Republican Party.
The issue of slavery and the rights of slave-owners divided the party's in the 1860 election. The North and the South were divided also.
The Republican Party of 1860 was divided between the Northern party and the Southern Party. This was do to the Republican's stand on slavery and slave owners rights.
Democrats split into two groups: North Democrats and South Democrats.
Lincoln, who was Republican, won the election.
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What was the Republican Party like in the civil war era?
The Republican party was divided on certain issues during the Civil War, but they were the party that wanted to keep the Union together and to free the slaves. Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president.
Which party was Abraham Lincoln?
at the time there was a party called the whigs. Then later he joined the republicans
What current political party is sometimes called the Grand old Party?
The Republican Party is also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP).
What party did Abraham lincon represent?
Lincoln was in the Republican Party (like the majority of the Northern States). However, the Republican Party during Lincoln's time was very different than the Republicans now.
Abraham Lincoln political party?
republican,whig
What issues divided the republican party in the S's?
The Republican Party of 1860 was divided between the Northern party and the Southern Party. This was do to the Republican's stand on slavery and slave owners rights.
Which of the following political parties survived into the 1860s?
Answer this question… The Republican party
What political parties survived into the 1860s?
Some political parties that survived into the 1860s in the United States included the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Whig Party also existed in the early 1860s before eventually collapsing.
What issue or issue divided the Republican party into three groups?
Taxes, society, immigration, and the economy were the issues that divided the party into three groups. Those three have divided and created a lot of commotions for the Republican party. This thus created divisiveness inside the party and thus for the country as a whole.
What was the Republican Party like in the civil war era?
The Republican party was divided on certain issues during the Civil War, but they were the party that wanted to keep the Union together and to free the slaves. Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president.
How and why the Democratic-Republican party split?
So, sometime between the 1860s and 1936, the (Democratic) party of small government became the party of big government, and the (Republican) party of big government became rhetorically committed to curbing federal power.
What party was split over the payne aldrich tariff and other issues?
That was the republican party.
What party was split over the payne-aldrich tariff and other issues?
That was the republican party.
Over what issues did political parties develop?
Democratic republican party
The party that is associated with being strongest on national defense issues?
(in the US) That would describe the Republican Party.
What political party was formed in 1860s?
The democratic party
Which is true about the Republican party?
The United States Republican Party is the second oldest currently existing political party in the United States.
