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(01.02 lc)

what brought about the formation of the republican party?
o the kansas-nebraska act
o the missouri compromise
the emancipation proclamation
the election of abraham lincoln
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The Republican Party emerged in 1854 to combat the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery into American territories. The early Republican Party consisted of northern Protestants, factory workers, professionals, businessmen, prosperous farmers, and after 1866, former black slaves.