With the election of its first president, Abraham Lincoln, in 1860, the party's success in guiding the Union to victory in the Civil War, and the party's role in the abolition of slavery, the Republican …

Founded in 1854 as a coalition opposing the extension of slavery into Western territories, the Republican Party fought to protect the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.

Jun 25, 2018 · The Republican Party had very little support in the South before the war and virtually none after war broke out. In 1864, the Republican Party joined with Democrats who …

A Radical Republican was a member of the Republican Party during and after the American Civil War committed to emancipation of enslaved people and later to the equal treatment and …

This essay traces the development of the Republican Party through the end of the Civil War. The story of its transformation shows how a powerful federal government first gained legitimacy in …

Generally belligerent toward the South, the Republicans were regarded by Southerners with mingled hatred and fear as sectional tension increased. They were successful in the elections …

Dec 22, 2016 · We explain three different types of Republicans found in America during Civil War Reconstruction: moderate, conservative, and radical Republicans.

Republican Party. Republican Candidate Abraham Lincoln in the Election of 1860. The Republican Party emerged in the 1850s as a new political force committed to opposing the …

Dec 20, 2022 · Although former President Donald Trump has often been at the center of intra-party quarrels, the factions and fronts of the latest dissent suggest that splits within the …

The Civil War forced the hand of Republican strategists. Now any answers to the lingering questions of slavery and race could only be addressed if they helped to answer what, to the …