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1The Republican Party Emergesby CaraCannilla11 termsSeptember 17, 2009
2Ch. 10 Sec. 3 The Birth of the Republican Partyby sroper_teacher5 termsMarch 10, 2009
3The Republican Party Emergesby fsid11 termsSeptember 18, 2009
4The Republican Party Emergesby KellieS11 termsSeptember 18, 2009
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5The Republican Party Emergesby cheergirl9511 termsJanuary 20, 2009
6The Republican Party Emergesby EmilySmith4 termsSeptember 17, 2009
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republican party definitions
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1political party that believed in the non-expansion of slavery and comprised of whigs, northern democrats, and free-soilers, in defiance to the slave powers23 sets
2political party formed to oppose extending slavery in the territories11 sets
3the younger of two major political parties in the united states5 sets
4one of the two major american political parties. it emerged in the 1850s as an antislavery party and consisted of former northern whigs and antislavery democrats.4 sets
5political party formed in the 1850s to stop the spread of slavery in the west3 sets
6dedicated to keeping slavery out of the territories, but they championed a wider range of issues, including the further development of national roads, more liberal land distribution in the west, and increased protective tariffs3 sets
7political party, formed in 1854 by opponets of slavery.3 sets
81860: sensed victory with the democrats divided, courted white voters by opposing both slavery and racial equality.2 sets
9political party that evolved from the whig party, coming to power after lincoln's election. it is one of the two current major political parties2 sets
10organized to stop spread of slavery into new terr. began in 1854. a. lincoln was the republican candidate in 18602 sets
11this political party is very conservative and on the far right of the spectrum.2 sets
12a party of the united states that was anti-slavery2 sets
13* consisted of free soilers, northern democrats, and antislavery whigs. *goal- keep slavery out of northern terrritories2 sets
14the party that resided prominently in the north and, in most cases, did not support slavery2 sets
15effective organized2 sets
16antislavery political party that formed in the 1850s2 sets
17side with the federal gov't2 sets
18party started in the 1850s that supported antislavery issues2 sets
19founded as a direct response to the kansas- nebraska act. northern and western moderates who were united in their opposition to slavery. the final form of the whig and federalist parties. john c fremont was their first presidential nominee.2 sets
20formed in 1856, john fremont was the candidate, were against slavery, wanted to repeal the fugitive slave act2 sets
21a political party made up of people who wanted to keep the western territory free of slavery2 sets
221854, fromed out of the anger of the kansas - nebraska act (mostly ex-whigs), wanted to keep slavery from spreading to the territories2 sets
23new political party created by free soilers in 1854 to keep slavery from spreading to new territories2 sets
24a new political party which develped in the 1850's2 sets
25lincoln, against epanision of slavery2 sets
26mid-west. moral protest of slavery contained: whigs, democrats, free soilers, know-nothings, people mad at kansas-nebraska act1 set
27what: sprung up in the midwest as a moral protest against slavery. contained disgruntled: whigs, democrats, free-soilers, know-nothings, and people mad at the kansas-nebraska act.1 set
28anti-slavery political party founded just before the civil war; its candidate for president in 1860 was abraham lincoln--not to be confused with the modern republican party1 set
29opposed expansion of slavery. made up of northern whigs, free-north democrats, free-soil party1 set
30a combination of the free soil and whig party1 set
31the poitical party made up of antislavery democrats, free-soilers, and whigs was the1 set
32they firmly opposed to expansion of slavery. this party worked with know-nothings to defeat democrats in congressional elections of 1854. they nominated john c. freemont as their candidate.1 set
33a political party united against the spread of slavery to the west1 set
34party of the north, for free soil1 set
35partido republicano1 set
36formed in response to kansas-nebraska act, banned in the south, john c fremont first presidential candidate1 set
37the party that had many different names and was opposed to slavery1 set
38party against spread of slavery in the west1 set
39a political party whose main goal was to keep slavery out of the western territories and hoped to end slavery in the south.1 set
40made of some former free-soil members, democrats, and whigs, represented by licoln1 set