2. What political groups joined to form the Republican Party? What was their combined goal?

The Party began as a coalition of anti-slavery Conscience Whigs such as Zachariah Chandler and Free Soil Democrats such as Salmon P. Chase. The first anti-Nebraska local meeting where "Republican" was suggested as a name for a new anti-slavery party was held in a Ripon, Wisconsin schoolhouse on March 20, 1854.

Explanation:

The abolition of slavery was the main goal of the Republican party in the election of 1854.

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