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How could the divisions which emerged in the United states in the mid-nineteenth century be characterized as nationalism?
The main explanation for the origins of the American Civil War is slavery, especially Southern anger at the attempts by Northern antislavery political forces to block the expansion of slavery into the western territories.
Which political party supported slavery?
democratic
What political party opposed the spread of slavery?
Republican
What political party stood against the spread of slavery?
The political party that stood against the spread of slavery was the newly formed Republican party. The party was emerged to combat the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 which aimed to extend slavery.
The Party was founded in 1854 and its members were strongly opposed to the expansion of slavery into the territories.?
The Republicans
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