What led directly to the formation of the Republican Party?

The Republican Party was made due to the increasingly amount of slavery expansion into US territories, and the Republican Party did not like that. After the Whig Party also fell, this allowed the Republican Party to form.

Explanation:

After Kansas, the massive expansion of slavery was the most major reason the GOP was formed, allowing Lincoln to be the first president. The Whig Party. After Kansas-Nebraska act, a lot of northern whigs began to join the Republicans

A

Explanation:

passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

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they died because of a disease during the first spanish colonies.

answer: the ocean

explanation: if you map out 30 n and 40 n latitude, you will get the ocean