20) Antislavery sentiment underlay the formation in 1840 of the A) Democratic party B) Liberty party C) Union party D) Republican party E) Whig party

Option: B) Liberty party

Explanation:

Liberty Party was a political party created in 1840 by abolitionists who believed in antislavery. Liberty Party supports antislavery issue by pressuring legislators, put stop in extending slavery beyond the states, and destroy both the slave trade. Some of the famous people under the Liberty Party were William Lloyd Garrison, James G. Birney, and Henry Clay.

basic principles: federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, representative democracy, limited government, rule of law, individual rights and responsibilities, consent of the governed, majority rule, popular sovereignty, equal protection.