Kansas and the Republican Party owe their mutual existence to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, which repealed the Missouri Compromise, which had outlawed slavery above the 36 ⁰ 30' latitude in the Louisiana territories.
Kansas owe their mutual existence to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854. The Republican Party owe their mutual existence to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854. The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 repealed the Missouri Compromise, which had outlawed slavery above the 36 ⁰ 30' latitude in the Louisiana territories.