What lead to the founding of the Republican Party?

Answer 1

The southern Whigs were destroy by the splits. A few join the democratic party. But most searched for leaders who supported slavery and the union. The northern Whigs however join with other opponents of slavery and formed the rupublican party

Answer 2

they ate apples and drank their milk

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no;; i dont believe they did;;

the Kansas-Nebraska act, which upset many people in the North and the South, was an issue that led to the creation of the Republican Party ^_^

Answer 3

Abraham Lincoln began his political career as a Whig. In 1854, a new party was formed, and Lincoln became its first successful candidate in 1860.

Answer 4

The issue that lead to the formation of the republican party was mainly slavery.

Answer 5

many people of the free-soil party or the whigs would not stand for slavery, they created the republican party to gather up more strong support for the anti-slavery movement.