Political Parties <Tab/>The Republican Party was born in 1854 as a party of protest against the extension of slavery into the territories. A group of Whigs, Free-Soilers, and antislavery Democrats gathered in a church at Ripon, Wisconsin, to recommend the creation of a new party to fight the further expansion of slavery. The name "Republican Party" was suggested at the meeting. The political organization that resulted from the meeting replaced the …showed first 75 words of 733 total…

…showed last 75 words of 733 total…or moderates another. And these local differences tend to make American political parties decentralized, fragmented and weak. <Tab/> Works Cited Binkley, Wilfred E., American Political Parties, New York: <Tab/>Knopf, 1963. Key, Jr., V. O., Politics, Parties and Pressure Groups, 5th ed., New York: Crowell, 1964. Sorauf, Frank J. Political Parties in the American System, Boston; Little, Brown 1964. White, Theodore H., The making of the President", New York; Atheneum, 1969