Why Did The Republican Party Form

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5 October, 13:22

Why Did The Republican Party Form

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Ethan Booth · Answer 1

The Republican Party formed in 1854 to oppose the extension of slavery.

Yuliana Wiley · Answer 2

By February 1854, anti-slavery Whigs had begun meeting in the upper midwestern states to discuss the formation of a new party. One such meeting, in Wisconsin on March 20, 1854, is generally remembered as the founding meeting of theRepublican Party.