Why did the Whigs rise as a political party? Problems with the economy resulted in their popularity.
The Democrats were sympathetic to the North and its industrial power causing support to go to the Whigs.
The Whigs were pro-South which promoted an economic boost to the United States.
Other political parties were involved in illegal activities which drew the public to the Whig Party.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. obierika was a man who thought about things. when the will of the goddess had been done, he sat down in his obi and mourned his friend’s calamity. why should a man suffer so grievously for an offense he had committed inadvertently? (p. 125) based on the context clues, the best definition for the word “calamity” in the excerpt above is disaster sadness luck indifference