Why Did the Whig Party Eventually Collapse

question 71

Multiple Choice

Why did the Whig party eventually collapse?

• A) It no longer had sufficient numbers of people voting for it because it was entirely at odds with the Republican Party.
• B) It opposed slavery to such a degree that it lost all support among southern voters and could not recover.
• C) The strain of the Kansas-Nebraska Act pushed northern and southern members toward joining different parties.
• D) The Republican party successfully defeated the major Whig candidates in the 1852 election.
• E) Its economic policies were perceived as too socialist considering the recent onset of a major depression.

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