How did the republican party form? the party evolved from the democratic-republicans. the party formed by combining several antislavery factions. the party combined several parties that supported strong centralized rule. the party developed because of a disagreement about the role of government.

The answer is b) The party formed by combining several antislavery factions.

The Republican Party emerged in 1854 as a combined effort of several antislavery factions (the Northern Whigs, The Free-Soil Party, and The Know-Nothing movement) to oppose the Kansas – Nebraska Act (an act that allowed slave or free status to be decided by popular sovereignty on each state).  

the united states began searching for a way to reduce oil

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islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, performed a prominent role within their community or nation. however, in the modern contexts of muslims minorities in non-muslim countries as well as secularised muslim states like turkey, indonesia and bangladesh, religious leadership may take a variety of non-formal shapes.

compared to religious leaders/clerics of the other abrahamic faiths, islamic clergy are said to resemble rabbis and not priests. unlike catholic priests they do not "serve as intermediaries between mankind and god",[1] have "process of ordination",[2] or "sacramental functions",[1] but instead serve as "exemplars, teachers, judges, and community leaders," providing religious rules to the pious on "even the most minor and private" matters.[1]