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Abraham Lincoln ended a successful career as a lawyer
in 1854, when the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed and became law.
in 1856, when the Republican Party dissolved over the slavery debate.
because his opposition to the Mexican War made him unpopular.
because he wanted to protest the formation of the Republican Party.

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in 1854, when the Kansas–Nebraska Act passed and became law.

Lincoln left his law practice to return to politics because the Kansas–Nebraska Act (which opened new territories to possible slavery) outraged him and pushed him into organizing opposition and helping build the new Republican coalition.