<P> The Kansas -- Nebraska Act divided the nation and pointed it toward civil war . The Act itself virtually nullified the Missouri Compromise of 1820 . The turmoil over the act split both the Democratic and Whig parties and gave rise to the Republican Party , which split the United States into two major political camps , the Republican North and the Democratic South . </P>
<P> The Kansas -- Nebraska Act divided the nation and pointed it toward civil war . The Act itself virtually nullified the Missouri Compromise of 1820 . The turmoil over the act split both the Democratic and Whig parties and gave rise to the Republican Party , which split the United States into two major political camps , the Republican North and the Democratic South . </P>
what new political party was created as a result of the kansas-nebraska act
what new political party was created as a result of the kansas-nebraska act
Republican Party
Republican Party