What led to the formation of the Republican Party (Lincoln's Party)? a. Those upset by the Compromise of 1850 formed the Republican Party to encourage Liberty Laws in violation of the Compromise.  b. The Kansas-Nebraska Act split the Democratic Party because it would allow slavery into northern territories; those who split formed the Republican Party.  c. Abolitionists sought to create an anti-slavery party that would advocate for the total abolition of slavery everywhere.  d. The Federalist Party turned into the Republican Party because they believed the name sounded better.

The Republican party was formed on the basis of what?protecting the individual rights of wealthy citizensdissatisfaction with the procedures of the 1824 presidential electionanti-slavery views, the oppositions to the extension of slaverythe Constitution needing to support a strong central government

What political party emerged for the first time after the 1854 congressional elections and had a firm commitment to oppose future concessions to Southern slave interests?Group of answer choicesthe Republican PartyNorthern Democratsthe American Partythe Constitutional Union PartyNext

Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party’s achievements in winning the Civil War included WHICH ONE of the following?Group of answer choicesExecuting or imprisoning for life all the leading Confederate politicians and generalsEstablishing a viable Republican Party in the South that lasted through the 1940sAllowing slavery to exist until the 1890s in those Border States, such as Kentucky, that remained in the UnionMaintaining the Union and the integrity of democratic elections

The antebellum (pre-Civil War) Republican Party was associated with all of the following EXCEPTGroup of answer choicesWidespread support in states north of the Ohio RiverAbraham Lincoln’s candidacy in the 1860 U.S. presidential electionFamily-run cotton farmsOpposition to the establishment of slavery in the territory acquired from Mexico in 1848

Political parties in the United States originated partly as a political feud betweenGroup of answer choicesMarshall and Adams.Adams and Jackson.Lincoln and Douglas.Cleveland and Bryan.Hamilton and Jefferson.