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Bookmark or Share- Election of 1860 - Summary, Lincoln & Significance | HISTORYSouthern Democrats thought slavery should be expanded but Northern Democrats opposed the idea. States’ rights were also hotly debated. Southern Democrats felt states had the right to govern...
- War Democrat | Civil War, Union, Confederacy | BritannicaWar Democrat, in the history of the United States, any of the Northern Democrats who supported the continued prosecution of the American Civil War. The great majority of Northern Democrats stayed loyal to the Union after the South seceded. So-called Peace Democrats (or “Copperheads” in pejorative.
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act and party realignment - Khan AcademyThe Kansas-Nebraska Act divided the Democratic Party along sectional lines, as half of the northern Democrats in the House voted against it. In 1848, the newly-formed Free Soil Party nominated former president Martin Van Buren and ran on an antislavery platform of “Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men.”
- The Election of 1864 and the Conclusion of the WarAnti-Lincoln sentiment in the North ran high in 1864, and many believed he would not be reelected president that year. Northern Democrats railed against Lincoln and the war. Republicans labeled these vocal opponents of the President Copperheads, a term that many antiwar Democrats accepted.
- Northern Democratic Party - WikipediaThe Northern Democratic Party was a leg of the Democratic Party during the 1860 presidential election, when the party split in two factions because of disagreements over slavery. They held two conventions before the election, in Charleston and Baltimore, where they established their platform. [1] .
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