Question

A new party system rose up out of the _____ demise and clarified the future of slavery in the united states.

Answer 1

This was the Whig party. After they broke up in the 1850s, the Republican party took its place in 1860. This was especially true for Whigs from northern states, who were staunchly anti-slavery. Those who were pro-slavery split to form the Know-Nothings, the American Party, and even the Opposition Party.

Answer 2

The answer is The Whig Party. The north voter base mostly settled to the new Republican Party. In the South, most merged the Know Nothing Party, which ineffectively ran Fillmore in the 1856 presidential election, by which time the Whig Party had turn out to be virtually non-operational. Some past Whigs became Democrats.