Emergence of the Republican Party

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to treat a human like property. Their religious beliefs aligned them to join with the similar beliefs of the Republican Party. The Republican Party was also moderate enough on the issue of slavery to appeal to more than just abolitionists. They understood that slavery was an essential element of the South's economy and to the textile industry alike. Their temperate position on slavery would allow the party to appeal to both sides of the slave debate. The differing opinions on slavery also led to tensions between various sections of the country.

The sectional tensions that developed between the North and South helped to form the Republican Party. The North and South were divided on the issue of what to do with the newly acquired land gained from Mexico after the Mexican-American war. After the Mexican-American war a series of acts and compromises, such as the Kansas-Nebraska act and the Compromise of 1850, were put into act in order to settle the issue of whether the new ...

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