yes. The fight among whigs about slavery caused the new republican party o form to fight slavery.
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the spread of slavery in the west
Slavery was the first big issue for the Republican Party-- the party was formed mostly of people against slavery. When the Whigs split over slavery, most of the anti-slavery Whigs joined the Republicans.
The whigs and democrats would not take a strong stand about the slavery issue --1854
In 1854, anti-slavery Whigs and Democrats formed the Republican Party. The party was established in response to the expansion of slavery into the western territories, and it quickly became a major political force in the United States. Abraham Lincoln, who was elected as the first Republican president in 1860, played a crucial role in the party's early history.
it opposed slavery