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Why did the two major political parties, the whigs and the democrats, both strive mightily to keep the most important problem facing america, slavery, out of national political discussion?
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Why did the two major political parties, the whigs and the democrats, both strive mightily to keep the most important problem facing america, slavery, out of national political discussion?

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The Whigs and the Democrats wanted to keep slavery out of national political discussion in order to prevent what they thought would happen and did happen: a split in the United States with one being slave states only and the other being free states only.
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