In the 1850s, the main issue that unified the otherwise diverse elements of the new Republican party was
A) a national economic policy relating to the tariff, banking, and internal improvements.
B) "Bleeding Kansas"
C) Abolitionism
D) Nativism
E) U.S. expansion into the Caribbean

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The main issue that unified the Republican Party in the 1850s was opposition to the expansion of slavery, highlighted by events like "Bleeding Kansas," which symbolized the violent conflict over whether Kansas would be a free or slave state.

In the 1850s, the Main Issue That Unified the Otherwise