Question

When the Republican Party formed, what was its primary goal?

(1 point)
Responses

to keep popular sovereignty
to keep popular sovereignty

to maintain the series of compromises
to maintain the series of compromises

to keep slavery out of the territories
to keep slavery out of the territories

to abolish slavery altogether

Answer 1

to keep slavery out of the territories

The party formed in the 1850s largely to oppose the spread of slavery into western territories (reaction to the Kansas–Nebraska Act).