Gas poisoning decreases your oxygen supply. If you live with a slow, undetected leak for a long period of time, lack of oxygen could eventually lead to seizures. People exposed to natural gas poisoning for long periods of time may end up with a variety of long term health issues.
A: The Republican Party formed in 1854 to oppose the extension of slavery. Many of the people who joined the new party were Conscience Whigs, northern Whigs dissatisfied with their party's attempts to restrain slavery's growth.
Republican party definition. A political party that began in 1854 and is today one of the two major political parties in the United States. Originally, it was composed mainly of northerners from both major parties of the time, the Democrats and the Whigs, with some former Know-Nothings as well.