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How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act contribute to the rise of the Republican Party?


It united Southern Democrats and Whigs against Northern abolitionists.


It led to the collapse of the Democratic Party, allowing Republicans to dominate.


It angered anti-slavery groups, who formed the Republican Party to oppose the expansion of slavery.


It encouraged the Republican Party to support popular sovereignty.

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It angered anti-slavery groups, who formed the Republican Party to oppose the expansion of slavery.

Explanation: By repealing the Missouri Compromise and allowing slavery in new territories via popular sovereignty, the Kansas–Nebraska Act outraged Northern Whigs, Free-Soilers, and anti-slavery Democrats, who united to form the Republican Party to stop slavery's expansion.