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Why did southern delegates at the Democratic convention cause so much trouble?

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-Southern Democrats wanted the party to defend slavery in the Democratic platform

-Northern Democrats wanted the Democratic platform to support popular sovereignty to decide slavery

*Northerners won the platform vote, causing 50 Southern delegates to walk out of the Democratic convention

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