Multiple Choice
Why did the Whig party collapse?
A) It no longer had sufficient numbers of people voting for it.
B) It opposed slavery.
C) The strain of the Kansas-Nebraska Act pushed northern and southern members toward joining different parties.
D) The Republican party defeated the major Whig candidates in the 1852 election.
E) Its economic policies were perceived as too socialist.
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