response: In 1854 it emerged. They fought the decision for territories to decide, by popularity, about the status of being slave or free.
original_response: Wow! That's very interesting. I can't believe it dates clear back to 1854! What else do you know about it?
history: Hi, have you heard of the Democratic Party? They are one of the major political parties. The other is the Republican Party. That's true. I recently became a Democrat after years of voting for the GOP
knowledge: It emerged in 1854 to combat the Kansas–Nebraska Act, an act that dissolved the terms of the Missouri Compromise and allowed slave or free status to be decided in the territories by popular sovereignty.