Question: What created the terrirtories of Kansas and Nebraska and was combated by the The Republican Party?

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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. 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. The Mississippi Republican Party is the state affiliate of the United States Republican Party.  The party chairman is Joe Nosef and is based in Jackson, Mississippi.  The original Republican Party of Mississippi was founded following the American Civil War, the current incarnation of the Mississippi Republican Party was founded in 1956.  The party would grow in popularity during the 1960s with wedge issues such as the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and today the party has the majority in the state. Chip Maxwell (born August 10, 1962) is an American politician from the state of Nebraska.  A member of the Republican Party, Maxwell served in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature from 2001 to 2005 and on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners from 2005 to 2009.  He stated that he would run in the Republican Party primary election for the U.S. House of Representatives in Nebraska's 2nd congressional district in the 2016 Election. Lee Roupas is the Palos Township Republican Committeeman as well as the Former Chairman of the Cook County Republican Party Cook County, Illinois.  At a national level, Lee worked on the re-election campaign of President George W. Bush in Washington, D.C. as a Surrogate Event Coordinator, planning rallies for the President in battleground states across the country.  He served the Republican Party on the 2004 Republican National Convention staff.  He served the Party on the 55th Presidential Inauguration staff and later as the Communications Director for the Republican Party of Virginia.  Prior to being elected Chairman of the Cook County Republican Party, he served on the Cook County GOP Executive Committee under Chairmen Gary Skoien and Liz Gorman. The Nebraska Republican Party (NEGOP) is the affiliate of the Republican Party in Nebraska.  The party is headed by Chairperson Dan Welch.  Its headquarters are in Lincoln. The Kansas Republican Party is the state affiliate political party in Kansas of the United States Republican Party.  The Kansas Republican Party was organized in May 1859 and has been the dominant political party of Kansas ever since. The Republican Moderate Party of Alaska is a political party in Alaska formed by Ray Metcalfe in 1986 as an alternative to what Metcalfe perceived to be a Republican Party dominated by the Religious Right.  Only one candidate has ever won an election, a 2002 race for the state senate, but that candidate (Thomas Wagoner) re-affiliated with the Republican Party the day after the election.  The Republican Moderate Party has extensive litigation-related history, due in no small part to its minor party status.  Previous cases have included ballot access rights and an early challenge to its name by the Republican Party of Alaska.  After a record of success in the 1990s, its support has slowly dwindled, ending with just 0.63% of the 2002 gubernatorial election.  State law requires that 3% of registered voters vote for a party or be registered to it for recognition.  A court challenge initially overturned this law, holding that it was more restrictive than what the state required of independent candidates, but resulted in the original law being upheld by the Alaska Supreme Court on the grounds that a party candidate has more impact than an independent candidate.  The party has since been recognized by the state again.  As of October 2010 there were 2,719 members statewide. Edward Rosewater, born Edward Rosenwasser, (January 21, 1841 – August 30, 1906) was a Republican Party politician and newspaper editor in Omaha, Nebraska.  Rosewater had a reputation for being "aggressive and controversial", and was influential in the Nebraska state Republican Party. Karin Brownlee was a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 23rd District since 1996.  She was nominated by Governor Sam Brownback to serve as his Secretary of Labor.  Her nomination was confirmed by the State Senate and she subsequently resigned her Senate seat, effective January 10, 2011, when Governor Brownback was sworn in.  She was later by her own report fired by Governor Brownback.  She was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1996 and was the vice-chair of the Johnson County Republican Party from 1994 to 1996.  She was also involved in the Kansas Republican Party State Committee from 1993 to 1996 and was chair of the Olathe Republican Party from 1992 to 1994.

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The Republican Party, also commonly called the GOP (for "Grand Old Party"), is one of the world's oldest extant political parties.  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.  277 ) created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and President Franklin Pierce.