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Free-Soilers Party
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In 1854, anti-slavery Whigs and Democrats formed the Republican Party. The party was established in response to the expansion of slavery into the western territories, and it quickly became a major political force in the United States. Abraham Lincoln, who was elected as the first Republican president in 1860, played a crucial role in the party's early history.
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What led people to support the Republican Party?
Slavery was the first big issue for the Republican Party-- the party was formed mostly of people against slavery. When the Whigs split over slavery, most of the anti-slavery Whigs joined the Republicans.
Why was the 1854 Republican Party formed?
The whigs and democrats would not take a strong stand about the slavery issue --1854
Was Republican Party formed to fight the spread of slavery?
yes. The fight among whigs about slavery caused the new republican party o form to fight slavery.
Why did the Whig party split into cotton whigs and conscience whigs?
The issue of slavery split the party. "Conscience Whigs" in the North favored the abolition of slavery and halting the institution's spread into new territories. The "Cotton Whigs" in the South took the opposite viewpoints. Following Scott's poor showing in 1852, the southerners moved to the Democratic Party and the northerners to the newly formed Republican Party. There is a link below.
The creation of a second party system in the 1830s produced competition between the?
Whigs and the Democrats
Why did the Republican Party formed?
The republican party formed because a group of whigs and democrats felt that their parties weren't taking the slavery issue strongly enough.
Why did the Republican party?
The republican party formed because a group of whigs and democrats felt that their parties weren't taking the slavery issue strongly enough.
Which party was formed from the groups that opposed the agenda of the Democrats in the 1830s and lost support when it refused to stand strong against slavery?
whigs
Which party was formed from the groups that opposed that agenda of the democrats in the 1830s and lost support when it refused to stand strong against slavery?
whigs
Which party was formed from the the group that opposed the agenda of the democrats in the 1830s and lost support when it refused to stand strong against slavery?
Whigs
The evasion of the slavery issue by whigs and democrats in 1848?
The Whigs and Democrats avoided and evaded the issue of slavery in the election of 1848 by splitting down the middle on who was for and who was against slavery. Whigs and Democrats in the South wanted to keep slavery. Whigs and Democrats in the North wanted to abolish slavery.
How did the formation of the Republican Party lead to the civil war?
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.
What political party was formed by groups who opposed slavery?
whigs
Why were the whigs and democrats forced to take a stand on slavery?
The Free-Soil Party wanted to allow slavery in the new territories.
Why were Whigs and Democrats forced to take a stand on slavery?
The Free-Soil Party wanted to allow slavery in the new territories.
Why were there four parties and candidates in the presidential election of 1860?
The root cause was the break-up of the old parties by the slavery question. The Whigs split in 1856 and did not field a candidate. A new party, the Republicans was formed from northern Whigs and anti-slavery factions. The southern whigs and others Southerners formed a new Constitutional Union Party. The Democrats split into north and south and nominated two candidates.
Where did the Whig Party get its support from?
The Whigs were formed as a counter to the Jacksonian Democrats. They were strongest in the Northeast and the South.
