KANSAS NEBRASKA ACT

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY February 22, 1856 First national meeting of the Republican Party, in Pittsburgh, to coordinate opposition to Democrats’ pro-slavery policies The Republican Party had been organized by opponents of the expansion of slavery in the territories following the passage of the 1854 Kansas–Nebraska Act. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1856_Republican_National_Convention#:~:text=On%20January%2017%2C%201856%2C%20representatives%20of%20Republican%20Party,States%20for%20the%20forthcoming%20November%201856%20election.%20