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During the presidential election of 1856 what did the Republican Party platform call for?
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Democratic Party candidate James Buchanan endorsed popular sovereignty giving the power to determine the legality of slavery to the inhabitants of the territory seeking statehood, rather than to Congress. The Republican Party opposed the extension of slavery into the territories.
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A party and is an outline of the party's ideals and policy proposals normally written at the party convention during presidential election years?
a. party platform
A party and is an outline of the party's ideals and policy proposals normally written at the party convention during presidential election years.?
a. party platform
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