What resulted in the formation of the republican party?
A) Manufacturers united to create more manufacturing jobs in the south.
B) Several northern antislavery coalitions formed.
C) Southerners united under a pro-slavery platform.
D) Southerners formed a coalition to become more fiscally responsible.
It was due to anti- slavery party created to fight against Kansas and Nebraska. The Act , signed by president Franklin Pierce 1854, back then was when "Republican" was suggested as a name for the new anti- slavery party.