<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>
the passage of the kansas-nebraska act led directly to the establishment of which political party
the passage of the kansas-nebraska act led directly to the establishment of which political party
Republican
Republican