The Election of 1856: A Victorious Defeat [2.9]

First published at 16:08 UTC on December 27th, 2017.
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The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska act drove many northerners to form Anti-Nebraska coalitions that ultimately yielded the Republican Party. The election of 1856 did not yield a Republican presidential victory, but it did produce a party that, throu…

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