MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
COMPROMISE OF 1850
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Question
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Douglas’s defeat in his re-election bid
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The collapse of the already weakened Whig party
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The disappearance of the Democratic party
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The secession of several southern states
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1854, a piece of legislation was introduced in Congress that shattered all illusions of sectional peace. The Kansas-Nebraska Act destroyed the Whig Party, divided the Democratic Party, and created the Republican Party.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas, ” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The Kansas-Nebraska Act destroyed the Whig Party as southern and northern Whigs disagreed on whether to pass the act. Southerners in both houses of Congress supported the bill, while northerners did not agree with its prospect of extending slavery in the west.
Detailed explanation-4: -The all-consuming issue of slavery was the Whigs’ ultimate undoing, pitting Northern and Southern Whigs against each other, and scattering Whig leadership to upstart third parties like the Know Nothings and the Republicans.