During the 1840 presidential campaign, the whig party welcomed the participation of this group of people:

Whig Party was a political party that is vigorous in the middle of the 19th century in the United States. It is comprise of the former members of National Republican and Anti-Masonic Parties. This party is also considered as an opponent of Jacksonians. The known leaders were: Henry Clay, William Harrison, Daniel Webster, and Horace Greeley. The Whig Party was succeeded by the Republican Party and American Party.

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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