RISE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

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RISE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
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REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS BORN OUT OF THE GREAT
POLITICAL CRISIS OF THE 1850S. DISAGREEMENT OVER
THE FATE OF SLAVERY WAS THE PRIME FORCE BEHIND
THIS CRISIS, BUT a. EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION, b.
WESTWARD EXPANSION C. INDUSTRIALIZATION D.
POLITICAL CORRUPTION TROUBLED AMERICANS. TWO
MAJOR PARTIES DEMOCRATS WHIGS SEEMED UNABLE
TO DEAL WITH THESE NEW CHALLENGES. BY THE EARLY
1850S, A NEW, COHESIVE POLITICAL PARTY WAS
EMERGING THAT HAD A REGIONAL BASIS IN THE
NORTH. FIRST REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WAS
HELD IN PHILADELPHI IN 1856.

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REPUBLICAN CONVENTION NOMINATED JOHN FREMONT
- PRES. WILLIAM DAYTON
V.P. ABRAHAM FINISHED 2ND IN THE BALLOTING FOR
THE V.P.
PARTY PLATFORM - FOCUSED ON PREVENTING THE
SPREAD OF SLAVERY IN THE WESTERN TERRITORIES.
USED THE WILMOT PROVISIO THAT HAD URGED THAT
SLAVERY BE PROHIBITED FROM ANY TERRITORY ACQUIRED
AS A RESULT OF THE MEXICAN WAR. THIS WAS NEVER
PASSED INTO LAW BUT WAS THE BASIS OF THE
REPUBLICAN MOVEMENT.
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RESULTS OF THE ELECTION OF 1856
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