• Period 5 Test Review
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  • What was the primary goal of the Republican Party when it was formed in the 1850s?
    To prevent the expansion of slavery into the western territories.
  • What was the significance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)?
    It allowed territories to decide the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty, effectively repealing the Missouri Compromise.
  • What event is considered the immediate cause of Southern secession?
    The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
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