The republican party wanted to avoid war. The first shots of the civil war was fired by Confederate cannons at fort sumpter. There wasn't a confederate solider who wasn't a democrat so war was started by the southern democrats. The republicans then wanted to keep the union together and thus went to war
During and after the US Civil War, the Republican Party became the dominant party of the United States. It was, however, a divided party. Lincoln had to balance the Radical Republicans, with more moderate Republicans and the War Democrats.
The Republican Party.
There was only one General Election in the Civil War - November 1864 - and Lincoln had to call his party by a different name in that election.
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Abraham Lincoln was the first member of the Republican Party to be elected President of the United States, in 1860. The Republican Party was formed in the years leading up to the American Civil War.
Republican
Democrat, Whig, and Republican.
The Republican party was divided on certain issues during the Civil War, but they were the party that wanted to keep the Union together and to free the slaves. Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president.
During and after the US Civil War, the Republican Party became the dominant party of the United States. It was, however, a divided party. Lincoln had to balance the Radical Republicans, with more moderate Republicans and the War Democrats.
Lincoln
The past republican party does not relate to the present democratic party in terms of fiscal conservatism. However, the republican party at the time of the Civil War if you are referring to Lincoln's republican party, was certainly more socially liberal and in line with today's democratic party.
The Republican Party.
farmers
to end slavery
Freeing of the slaves.Dominance of the Republican Party.
There was only one General Election in the Civil War - November 1864 - and Lincoln had to call his party by a different name in that election.
The modern democratic party began after the Civil War as the opposition party to the Republicans.Before the Civil War, the Democrats, who favored the preservation of slavery, began with Andrew Jackson and the rise of the political power of the western farmers coupled with the remains of Jefferson's old party.