JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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Question
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It controlled the White House for several decades.
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It nearly disappeared by the 1850s.
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It decided to run candidates in local elections only.
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It was taken over by the Democratic Party.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Whigs collapsed following the passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Act in 1854, with most Northern Whigs eventually joining the anti-slavery Republican Party and most Southern Whigs joining the nativist American Party and later the Constitutional Union Party.
Detailed explanation-2: -The battle between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions within the Whig party ended when the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed in 1854, allowing new territories and states to decide on their own if they would allow slavery. The Northern Whigs left the remnants of the Whig Party to form the new Republican Party.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Whig Party collapsed, divided between anti slavery Northerners and proslavery Southerners. With this split, a Democrat won the 1852 campaign for president. Some Whigs joined the new American party.