The correct answer is Federalist Party
The Republican Party, also known by the acronym GOP, which means Grand Old Party, was derived from the then Federalist Party, active in the years after the US Independence. The Republican Party became, in the American society of the 19th century, the center of association of the sectors most interested in the industrial development of the country, non-dissemination of small private property, free and wage labor, etc. Therefore, the development of this party took place in the North of the USA.
