1) The Northern Democratic Party was a leg of the Democratic Party during the 1860 presidential election, when the party split in two factions because of disagreements over slavery. They held two conventions before the election, in Charleston and Baltimore, where they established their platform.
3) they believed that states had the right to leave the Union. In fact, they called the conflict the War for Southern Independence.They also believed the North had caused the war
4) one side being the north wanted slavery completely gone,they thought it was wrong but others being the south wanted it to expand out west.