The KansasNebraska Act created the terrirtories of Kansas and Nebraska and was combated by the Republican Party.
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 KansasNebraska 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. 
