In 1896, the Republicans were the first major party to argue for securing women the right to vote. All of the first African American Congressmen were Republicans. The Democrats opposed all three of these Amendments. After the war ended, the Republicans went on to pass the Thirteenth Amendment, which outlawed slavery, the Fourteenth, which guaranteed equal protection under the law and the Fifteenth, which secured voting rights for African Americans. While the war was still raging and against the advise of his cabinet, Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to free the slaves. In 1860 they successfully elected their presidential nominee…Abraham Lincoln.ĭuring Lincoln’s presidency the country was divided by the Civil War.
A combination of anti-slavery activists and individuals who thought that all western lands should be given to settlers free of charge formed the basis.
The Republican Party was born in Wisconsin in the 1850’s.
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