When the Republican Party formed, what was its primary goal? • to keep popular sovereignty • to keep slavery out of the territories • to abolish slavery altogether • to maintain the series of compromises
When the Republican Party formed in the 1850s, its primary goal was to keep slavery out of the territories. This view was part of the party's broader anti-slavery platform, which ultimately led to the party's success in the 1860 presidential election with the election of Abraham Lincoln.
