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American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: Political Changes

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From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes the dramatic political changes that took place with the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854. This led to the formation of the Republican Party.

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kansas-nebraska act, revolution to reconstruction: the iron horse: political changes, disintegration of whig party, end of whig party, new republican party, kansas-nebraska act, 1854
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