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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:May 30, 1854 Democrat President Franklin Pierce signs Democrats’ Kansas-Nebraska Act, expanding slavery into U.S. territories; opponents unite to form the Republican Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%E2%80%93Nebraska_Act#:~:text=The%20Kansas%E2%80%93Nebraska%20Act%20of%201854%20%2810%20Stat.%20277%29,and%20signed%20into%20law%20by%20President%20Franklin%20Pierce.