{"id":2664,"date":"2021-03-18T02:37:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T02:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-ushistory1\/?post_type=chapter&p=2664"},"modified":"2021-08-27T17:49:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T17:49:40","slug":"introduction-to-the-kansas-nebraska-act-and-the-republican-party","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-ushistory1\/chapter\/introduction-to-the-kansas-nebraska-act-and-the-republican-party\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Republican Party","rendered":"Introduction to the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Republican Party"},"content":{"raw":"

What you'll learn to do: explain the political ramifications of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and describe the founding of the Republican Party<\/h2>\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n\r\nThe application of popular sovereignty to the organization of the Kansas and Nebraska territories ended the\u00a0fragile\u00a0truce\u00a0between slave and free states that had prevailed since the Compromise of 1850. Senator Douglas\u2019s Kansas-Nebraska Act opened the door to chaos in Kansas as proslavery and Free-Soil forces waged war against each other, and radical abolitionists, notably John Brown, committed themselves to violence to end slavery. The act also upended the second party system of Whigs and Democrats by inspiring the formation of the new Republican Party, committed to\u00a0stymieing\u00a0the further spread of slavery. Many voters approved its platform in the 1856 presidential election, though the Democrats won the race because they remained a national, rather than a sectional, political force.","rendered":"

What you’ll learn to do: explain the political ramifications of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and describe the founding of the Republican Party<\/h2>\n

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The application of popular sovereignty to the organization of the Kansas and Nebraska territories ended the\u00a0fragile\u00a0truce\u00a0between slave and free states that had prevailed since the Compromise of 1850. Senator Douglas\u2019s Kansas-Nebraska Act opened the door to chaos in Kansas as proslavery and Free-Soil forces waged war against each other, and radical abolitionists, notably John Brown, committed themselves to violence to end slavery. The act also upended the second party system of Whigs and Democrats by inspiring the formation of the new Republican Party, committed to\u00a0stymieing\u00a0the further spread of slavery. Many voters approved its platform in the 1856 presidential election, though the Democrats won the race because they remained a national, rather than a sectional, political force.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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