Before the presidential election of 1860, the Democratic Party broke up into two different groups. There were the Northern Democrats and the Southern Democrats. What issue made the party break up?

Question

A.
the price of cotton
B.
the expansion out west
C.
the expansion of slavery
D.
the introduction of tariffs

Answer 1

The issue that caused the Democratic Party to break up into Northern Democrats and Southern Democrats before the presidential election of 1860 was C. the expansion of slavery. Disagreements over whether slavery should be allowed in the territories acquired from the West contributed to the division within the party.