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(Explain details about the rise of the Republican Party.)
(Compare and contrast the Republican Party of 1854 with today's party.)

The Republican Party was born out of opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. People from the Democratic and Whig parties who opposed the expansion of slavery joined forces to start a new political party. Because America was founded on the principles of a republic, the founding members adopted the name Republican, which was originally used by Thomas Jefferson.
Included in the first party platform was an emphasis on business, education, and the idea of providing free land to farmers as an enticement to move out West. The new party denounced slavery from an economic and moral standpoint.
Its first presidential candidate was John Fremont, in 1856. Although Fremont lost the election, the Republican Party proved to have a popular base among voters. Abraham Lincoln was its second candidate. When the Democratic Party experienced a severe split prior to the election of 1860, Lincoln was elected president.

Gathering Background Information

The newly formed Republican Party in 1854 was very popular among voters of the time. Its emphasis on education, business, and farming, coupled with its stand on slavery, proved to be a winning combination for the average American.
Take some time to learn about the current Republican Party platform and then consider the following question: Does the current state of the Republican Party address the needs of the average American as it was intended to in 1854?
As you are reading, use the following chart to help record your research between the two platforms.

Well i would say one thing they still share in common is the farmer part when looking how rural or farmland places vote they vote very heavy republican for example rural Texas is a great example or western states such as Wyoming, Montana etc today the republican party is still very focused on business such as giving out tax cuts to corporations and American citizens one difference today between the two party's is today it has more of a focused issue on immigration such as today Republicans are becoming more anti immigration with anti illegal immigration too Republicans did hold this stance back then too with Calvin making the The Immigration Act of 1924 which was to lower immigration but later on republicans would lose a stance till most recently with trump is what awaken the immigration stance again another difference is the republican platform today is very pro gun and center around this compared to the past where republicans did not very much talk about gun issues another main platform today that was not in the past was abortion issues where as Republicans are very anti abortion another thing but back to the business is republicans are starting to become more protectionist when it comes to trade and losing that free trade stance they gained in the 80s and 90s due to bush and Reagan Republicans are starting to become very similar to 1920 republicans but with a few new issues not only that but republicans today are becoming very anti big tech and want to break these corporations up today in which this was not a issue back then so i would say the Republican party some what address the issues back then as the same today but of course they built there platform for a more modern time and around modern issues same with democrats

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