Question 4 • US History
When the Republican Party formed in the 1850s, it opposed the spread of slavery into the territories and also favored policies to develop the country, such as railroads and protective tariffs. These policies reflected support for modernizing the nation. Abraham Lincoln became the party’s presidential candidate later, in 1860, while the party opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision.
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