MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
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Which party was created to oppose slavery and its spread?
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Democratic Party
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Whig Party
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Republican Party
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Know-Nothing Party
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1854, the Republican Party emerged to combat the expansion of slavery into American territories after the passing of the Kansas–Nebraska Act. The early Republican Party consisted of northern Protestants, factory workers, professionals, businessmen, prosperous farmers, and after the Civil War, former black slaves.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Republican Party was founded in the northern states in 1854 by forces opposed to the expansion of slavery, ex-Whigs and ex-Free Soilers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lewis Tappan set up the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society and at the same time the Liberty Party was founded, nominating James Birney as President in 1840 and 1844.
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