The creation of the Republican Party,the Pottawatomie massacre,and the negation of the Missouri Compromise were all consequences of the

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act, passed in 1854, allowed for popular sovereignty in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, meaning that the residents of those territories would vote on whether or not to allow slavery. This effectively nullified the Missouri Compromise, which had prohibited slavery in territories north of the 36°30' parallel. The resulting conflict in Kansas, known as "Bleeding Kansas," included the Pottawatomie massacre, where John Brown and his followers killed five pro-slavery settlers. These events further intensified the sectional divide between the North and South, leading to the creation of the Republican Party in 1854 as a Northern anti-slavery party.

The Creation of the Republican Party,the Pottawatomie Massacre,and the Negation