By the mid-1850s, the Whig coalition had fallen apart, and most northern Whigs were absorbed into the new Party, which opposed the extension of slavery into new territories.

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The Republican Party was formed in the 1850s by anti-slavery activists and former Whigs, and it opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories.

By the Mid-1850s, the Whig Coalition Had Fallen Apart, and Most