| republican party definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | political party that believed in the non-expansion of slavery and comprised of whigs, northern democrats, and free-soilers, in defiance to the slave powers | 19 sets |
| 2 | political party formed to oppose extending slavery in the territories | 11 sets |
| 3 | the younger of two major political parties in the united states | 3 sets |
| 4 | political party formed in the 1850s to stop the spread of slavery in the west | 3 sets |
| 5 | dedicated 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 tariffs | 3 sets |
| 6 | political party, formed in 1854 by opponets of slavery. | 3 sets |
| 7 | lincoln, against epanision of slavery | 2 sets |
| 8 | political party that evolved from the whig party, coming to power after lincoln's election. it is one of the two current major political parties | 2 sets |
| 9 | party started in the 1850s that supported antislavery issues | 2 sets |
| 10 | 1860: sensed victory with the democrats divided, courted white voters by opposing both slavery and racial equality. | 2 sets |
| 11 | this political party is very conservative and on the far right of the spectrum. | 2 sets |
| 12 | a political party made up of people who wanted to keep the western territory free of slavery | 2 sets |
| 13 | organized to stop spread of slavery into new terr. began in 1854. a. lincoln was the republican candidate in 1860 | 2 sets |
| 14 | founded 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 |
| 15 | 1854, fromed out of the anger of the kansas - nebraska act (mostly ex-whigs), wanted to keep slavery from spreading to the territories | 2 sets |
| 16 | the party that resided prominently in the north and, in most cases, did not support slavery | 2 sets |
| 17 | side with the federal gov't | 2 sets |
| 18 | formed in 1856, john fremont was the candidate, were against slavery, wanted to repeal the fugitive slave act | 2 sets |
| 19 | antislavery political party that formed in the 1850s | 2 sets |
| 20 | effective organized | 2 sets |
| 21 | one 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. | 2 sets |
| 22 | * consisted of free soilers, northern democrats, and antislavery whigs. *goal- keep slavery out of northern terrritories | 2 sets |
| 23 | new political party created by free soilers in 1854 to keep slavery from spreading to new territories | 2 sets |
| 24 | a party of the united states that was anti-slavery | 2 sets |
| 25 | many northerners who were against slavery joined the new republican party. | 1 set |
| 26 | formed when antislavery whigs and democrats joined with free-soilers | 1 set |
| 27 | a political party comprised of former antislavery whigs, northern democrats, and free soilers who wanted to ban slavery from new territories | 1 set |
| 28 | a political party formed in the 1850s to stop the spread of slavery to the west. | 1 set |
| 29 | principally anti-slavery party | 1 set |
| 30 | political group created in opposition to the federalists and hamilton | 1 set |
| 31 | the northern whigs joinging with other opponents of slavery formed | 1 set |
| 32 | political party that was formed in 1854 and opposed the expansion of slavery into any territory | 1 set |
| 33 | a political party united against the spread of slavery in the west | 1 set |
| 34 | it grew out of the post mexican war. these were the people who were not willing to compromise. they believed in national programs to pay for things. they also wanted to stop slavery from spreading, but they didn't want to abolish it | 1 set |
| 35 | political party established in the united states in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories | 1 set |
| 36 | (1854)-political party formed in middle west, opposing slavery. their radical beliefs caused a sectional rift and threatened the unity of the union | 1 set |
| 37 | formed by whigs and unhappy democrats to oppose slavery. | 1 set |
| 38 | formed by whigs and unhappy democrats to oppose slavery | 1 set |
| 39 | formed in response to kansas-nebraska act, banned in the south, john c fremont first presidential candidate | 1 set |
| 40 | 1860; appealed to many - high tariffs and internal improvenment, against slavery but affirmed rights of states; candidate = lincoln (moderate; slavery = evil, not to be extended but should be tolerated and protected to maintain union) | 1 set |