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

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.

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 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

Which of the following political parties believed in the political, social, and economic equality of blacks?Southern DemocratsModerate RepublicansModerate and Radical RepublicansRadical Republicans

Starting in 1860, Southern states began to secede in response to __________.Group of answer choicesthe election of Abraham Lincolnthe attack on Fort SumterJohn Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferrythe Kansas-Nebraska Act