... by increasing territory, nationalism and the spread of democracy. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall instituted judicial review, which could override decisions brought about by Congress; he then used this power to institute supremacy of the federal government above the state governments, as in McCulloch v. Maryland. In leaving room for interpretation, the Constitution led many Northern abolitionists to believe it ... did not do enough to prevent the expansion, promotion and existence of slavery. Thus, the Free-Soilers feared the slave conspiracy that they felt was advocated with the Fu...

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... the sectionalizing effects of the slavery issue while also forgoing to operate as a national political party. Just as the nation the Whigs could not sustain itself while being half slave owning and the other half free. Simultaneously the Democratic Party was weakening through the means of slavery. An overlapping ideal in Foner's book, essentially says that slavery is a ... that this institution and way of life would slowly suffocate and cease to exist. Republicans did not associate with the abolitionist because Republicans recognized the legitimacy of the fugitive slave clause of the Con...

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