Question

Who formed the Republican Party?

A) Democrats, Federalists, and Southern Whigs

B) Anti-Fedralists, Nativists, and Free-Soilers

C) Northern Whigs, Free-Soilers, and Democrats

D) Southern Democrats, Whigs, and Nativists

Thanks for your help! :)

Answer 1

The republican party was formed by Anti-Slavery activist, modernizers, ex whigs, ex free soilers, the republican party quickly became the principal opposition to the dominant democratic party and the briefly popular know Nothing Party.

i believe the best answer choice is B. Anti-Federalists, nativists, and free-soilers

Anti-Federalists: A person who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 and thereafter allied with Thomas Jefferson's Anti-federal Party, which opposed extensions of the powers of the federal Government.

Nativists: A policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants; the revival or perpetuation of an indigenous culture especially in opposition to acculturation.

Free-soilers: part of the know nothing group.

Answer 2

It would be B. It was created by the people in B and was founded in the Northern part of the US