Causes of the Civil War Part I
Election of 1852
Whigs: General Winfield Scott
Democrats: Franklin Pierce
• Significance of parties in decline • Both played down issues to maintain party • Problems • The winner
Kansas Nebraska Act
• Effectively ends Whig party • Goal—organize Nebraska Territory – Popular sovereigny
• Passes
Nativism, Know Nothings, Republicans
Immigrant Threat • Differences, wages, religion, politics • American Party – Social characteristics
• Republican Party – Social characteristics – Major beliefs
Election of 1856
American Party: Millard Fillmore
Republican Party: John C Fremont
Democratic Party: James Buchanan