Question

4. Which political party prior to the Civil War claimed to be against slavery

Federalists
Republican Party
Whig Party
Democratic Party

Answer 1

::(the Republican Party )

Step-by-step explanation:

With the election of Abraham Lincoln (the first Republican president) in 1860, the Party's success in guiding the Union to victory in the American Civil War, and the Party's role in the abolition of slavery, the Republican Party largely dominated the national political scene until 1932.