They opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act because they were against the expansion of slavery into new states.
Opposed Southern Slaveholders
The Republican Party Platform was formed in 1956, 100 years after the Republican Party was formed. They are the Conservative political party in America.
Republican Party is younger than the Democratic Party.
The modern republican party was formed for the 1860 election. Abraham Lincoln was their first presidential candidate. Their main platform was to stop the expansion of slavery to 'The West'
Lincoln was a member of the Republican Party of 1854, but is was a VERY different Republican Party than we have today.
The election of Abraham Lincoln of the newly-formed Republican Party, which had banned the creation of any new slave-states.
Opposed Southern Slaveholders
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The Republican Party Platform was formed in 1956, 100 years after the Republican Party was formed. They are the Conservative political party in America.
Abraham Lincoln the Republican Party along with 55 journalists.
The Free Soil Party did with reservation and the republicans favored it.
The Republican Party was formed
The Republican Party was formed by politicians who opposed slavery and didn't see any opportunities to do anything about it with the Whigs or Democrats, so they formed their own party, the republican party.
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