[PAR] [TLE] History of the United States Republican Party [SEP] The Republican Party, also commonly called the GOP (for "Grand Old Party"), is one of the world's oldest extant political parties.  It is the second oldest existing political party in the United States after its primary rival, the Democratic Party.  It emerged in 1854 to combat the Kansas–Nebraska Act, an act that dissolved the terms of the Missouri Compromise and allowed slave or free status to be decided in the territories by popular sovereignty.  The Party had almost no presence in the Southern United States, but by 1858 in the North it had enlisted former Whigs and former Free Soil Democrats to form majorities in nearly every Northern state. [PAR] [TLE] Kansas–Nebraska Act [SEP] The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 (10 Stat.  277 ) created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and President Franklin Pierce.  The initial purpose of the Kansas–Nebraska Act was to open up thousands of new farms and make feasible a Midwestern Transcontinental Railroad.  The popular sovereignty clause of the law led pro- and anti-slavery elements to flood into Kansas with the goal of voting slavery up or down, resulting in Bleeding Kansas.
[PAR] [TLE] History of the United States Republican Party [ SEP ] The Republican Party , also commonly called the GOP ( for " Grand Old Party " ) , is one of the world 's oldest extant political parties . It is the second oldest existing political party in the United States after its primary rival , the Democratic Party . It emerged in 1854 to combat the Kansas – Nebraska Act , an act that dissolved the terms of the Missouri Compromise and allowed slave or free status to be decided in the territories by popular sovereignty . The Party had almost no presence in the Southern United States , but by 1858 in the North it had enlisted former Whigs and former Free Soil Democrats to form majorities in nearly every Northern state . [PAR] [TLE] Kansas – Nebraska Act [ SEP ] The Kansas – Nebraska Act of 1854 ( 10 Stat . 277 ) created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and President Franklin Pierce . The initial purpose of the Kansas – Nebraska Act was to open up thousands of new farms and make feasible a Midwestern Transcontinental Railroad . The popular sovereignty clause of the law led pro- and anti - slavery elements to flood into Kansas with the goal of voting slavery up or down , resulting in Bleeding Kansas .
Which political party was founded to combat the act that lead up to Bleeding Kansas?
Which political party was founded to combat the act that lead up to Bleeding Kansas ?
The Republican Party
The Republican Party