The Free-Soil Party’s goal was to keep slavery out of the territories was the issue why were Whigs and Democrats forced to take a stand on slavery in the 1848 election .
Explanation:
The Free-Soil Party needed to support slavery in the new territories.
After the war, of course, there was no slavery to further, but the Dixiecrats were solidly upon equal rights for former slaves. It wasn't until John Kennedy and the 1960s that the Democrats began advocating ethnic assimilation and justice.
