jan 1, 1854 - Republican Party Forms

Description:

Former democrats after Kansas-Nebraska act and ex-Whigs and Free Soil supporters form this party

-wanted to limit slaver(said it drove down wages and degraded the dignity of manual labor)
-social mobility, middle class (domesticity, religion, capitalist enterprise)

-many abolitionists didn't join (compromised too much)

Added to timeline:

Date: