2009年10月29日 · Known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the controversial bill raised the possibility that slavery could be extended into territories where it had once been banned. Its passage intensified the...

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The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 (10 Stat. 277) was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas, passed by the 33rd United States Congress, and signed into law by President Franklin Pierce.

In 1854 the territories of Kansas and Nebraska were organized and opened to the debate of allowing slavery or not. The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed its citizens to decide whether they wanted the institution of slavery in their territories. Kansa …

2024年12月3日 · By allowing popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska, the 1854 act overturned the previous compromises and increased tensions, especially in Kansas. There, pro-slavery forces from Missouri swarmed in to try to sway the vote. For a while, Kansas had two governments, one for and the other against slavery.

This map shows the locations of the new or reduced lands of Indian tribes according to the treaties of 1854. With the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, the former Indian Territory was opened to white settlement, and the government looked for ways to relocate the native tribes who had made their homes in Kansas.

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