Formation of Republican Party
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- Round up your relatives everyone we have to guarantee this state as free.
- Lets go!
- In the mid-1850's many people moved into Kansas to try and gain control of the territory. Because of the terms of the Kansas-Nebraska act, the decision of whether Kansas was to be a slave state was left up to the people.
- Perhaps
- Yall rockin with Slavery!?!?
- Will Kansas be a Free or Slave State? YOU DECIDE!!!!
- of course i brought them all over from Missouri. This election is all us. i even threatened 3 families
- psst.. you brought your entire family to vote right?
- When the time for the election came, everyone gathered to vote and because of the souths harsh methods of getting votes, the election resulted in pro-slavery
- The pro-slavery winners threw the few anti slavery people out of legislation and made it a hanging offense to help a slave escape
- ...The Northern Whigs...
- ...the Northern Democrats...
- ...and the Free Soil Party
- As a result, there was a major reorganization of the US political parties due to the issue of slavery which was dividing the nation. As a result the Republican Party was formed and consisted of...
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