SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
TENSION OVER SLAVERY IN THE 1850S
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Question
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What types of people did the Republican Party attract? (choose 4)
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northern Whigs
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Democrats who shunned the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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members of the Free Soil Party
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abolitionists
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wealthy plantation owners
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -They were led by Thaddeus Stevens in the House of Representatives and Charles Sumner in the Senate. The Radicals were known for their opposition to slavery, their efforts to ensure emancipation and civil rights for Blacks, and their strong opinions on post-war Reconstruction.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Republican Party formed primarily as opposition to the Democratic Party. It consisted mainly of antislavery Whigs, whose party had dissolved by the end of 1854 due to conflict over the issue of slavery, the work of anti-slavery Democrats, and members of the Free-Soil Party.
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