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The Republican Party was formed in 1854. One of the issues that led to the creation of the Republican Party was the Kansas-Nebraska Act. What was the Republican Party's stance on this issue?
A.
They supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act and felt that the issue of slavery was best decided by popular sovereignty.
B.
They opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act because they thought the issue of slavery could only be decided in Congress.
C.
They opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act because they were against the expansion of slavery into new states.
D.
They supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and they were not opposed to the expansion of slavery.

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C. They opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act because they were against the expansion of slavery into new states.

The Kansas–Nebraska Act (1854) repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed new territories to decide slavery by popular sovereignty; the new Republican Party formed largely to oppose that expansion of slavery into the territories.