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AP U.S. History Diagnostic 10. What led to the splintering of the political parties shown in the image?
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- 00:00
[ musical flourish ]
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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by political splintering,
- 00:07
an occupational hazard when trying to remodel a country's foundation.
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All right. What led to the splintering of
- 00:13
political parties shown in the image?
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- 00:15
This one, right here. What happened?
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And here are your potential answers. [ ding ]
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[ mumbling ]
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All right, well, let's think about it.
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Well, four major candidates in the running for
- 00:27
a presidential election isn't something we see
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too often, at least these days.
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And it was pretty unusual for 1860, as well.
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Just prior to the election, the two-party system stood strong,
- 00:38
but something must've driven the wedge that pulled them apart.
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All right, did the splintering of political parties arise out of
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B - debates over additional amendments
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to the Constitution? Hmm.
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Well, there certainly were concerns over amending
- 00:52
the Constitution, but this answer feels a little bit vague.
- 00:55
Let's see if we can find something that hits a little bit harder.
- 00:58
Could the political divide have resulted from C -
- 01:01
disagreements over granting women the right to vote?
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Well, while both the women's suffrage movement and the
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growth of western territories were on citizens' minds,
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there was something much louder hammering away
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at our nation's conscience. Yeah.
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That eliminates C and D.
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Which means that the splintering of political parties occurred
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because of A - sectional concerns
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over slavery and the rise of nativism.
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By 1860, people were
- 01:27
quite literally at each other's throats over the issue
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of slavery. With vocal disagreements over abolition,
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as well as an increase in anti-immigrant sentiment,
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the Democrats split into two pieces
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and a new Constitutional Union Party,
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or CUP, like that, appeared,
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resulting in a four-way election.
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So A hits the nail on the head.
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With Lincoln's election, the country also split in two,
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resulting in the bloodiest war in our nation's history.
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Maybe they shouldn't have let those wounds fester. [ ding ding ]
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