The modern day Republican party is descended from anti-slavery leaders from the-Whig<span>, Free Soil and Democratic parties. They formed the Republican Party in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1856, which allowed settlers to determine whether or not a state would establish slavery, hope this helps!!!</span>
Debates and conflicts about civil rights and segregation between African Americans and Whites, especially since many citizens Georgia was had a strong opposition to desegregation (aka a lotta racists)
