History of the United States I / Unit 14 USH1 1981 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Parties Break
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The idea
The Democrats split along sectional lines over the act, and the Whig Party collapsed entirely and never contested another presidential election successfully.
In practice
A national two-party system ceasing to be national in a single session.
Where people slip
The anchor's summary is that as never before, the political system was polarized along sectional fault lines. Unit 10 covers the system that ended.
Your place on the trail
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