A connection between Northern Democrats, Free-Soilers, and Conscience Whigs in 1854 was that they

In 1854, Northern Democrats opposed to the Kansas-Nebraska Act joined Free-Soilers and Conscience Whigs to form the Republican Party. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was sponsored by Stephen Douglas, and Abraham Lincoln was nominated for president later, in 1860. The correct choice is “formed the Republican Party.”

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