Introduction to the Text

1. The text is found in chapter 12 of the book. The page the Republican Party is founded on is 385.

2. The heading that the Republican Party is found on is called: “The End of the Second Party System, 1850 - 1858”. The subheading is the “Emergence of the Republican Party”.

3. The text discusses how the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 led to change of the whole political system and lead to the second political party. The passage also discuses the anti-slavery movement that lead to creation of the second party. 

4. I did not know that the Free Soil of America people joined with the Republicans to form the Republican Party. 

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Republican Party Founded in 1854

8.  The purpose of today's exercise was to learn how to use our textbook and find information through the index.