Question

based on the reading, what does the republican political party believe in? they believed that slavery should be allowed and states should decide how to handle slaverythey believed that being neutral would fix the issue of slaverythey believed that slavery should be containedthey believed that slavery should be abolishedwho won the election of 1860? what state seceded (left) the united states after this person won? franklin delano roosevelt, kansashamilton grant, georgiaabraham lincoln, south carolinajefferson davis, tennessee

Explanation:

1. For the first question: In the 1860 election context, the Republican Party's core stance on slavery was to contain its spread into new territories, not immediately abolish it, allow it universally, or stay neutral.
2. For the second question: Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 U.S. presidential election, and South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union shortly after his victory.

Answer:

1. They believed that slavery should be contained
2. Abraham Lincoln, South Carolina