During the period between 1844 and the Civil War, the issue of slavery had a major impact on all politics through the events it created. Some such events are the Compromise of 1850, the Election 1852, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Lincoln-Douglass Debates, and the Election of 1860. The impacts of these events were great on the political parties of the Whigs, Republicans and Free-Soilers. The greatest impact of slavery on the Whigs party took place on the last few …
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…present. The other major impact that slavery had on this political party was that it would merge with the Republican Party because of the view of slavery are similar. All three parties, Whigs, Republics, and Free-Soilers, were impacted on the issues of slavery and the events that were caused by slavery. Through the events between 1844 and the Civil War, numerous events affected the parties ranging from the creation of parities to the destruction of parties.