Stephen A. Douglas in 1854
The Kansas-Nebraska act was proposed by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. The act repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed white males to vote on whether an area would allow slavery.
The Kansas-Nebraska act was proposed by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. The act repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed white males to vote on whether an area would allow slavery.
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Stephan A. Douglas proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act in 1854.
Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.
Stephan A. Douglas proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act in 1854.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was proposed by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, in order to create the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and to ensure that future settlers in those territories would have the authority to determine whether slavery would be permitted with these territories.
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In 1854, Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois proposed a bill to organize the Territory of Nebraska, a vast area of land that would become Kansas, Nebraska, Montana and the Dakotas. 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.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was concerned with the admission of the Kansas and Nebraska territories into the USA. Since the two sections could not agree whether these future states should be slave or free, Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois suggested that the people of each state should vote on it. The result was Bleeding Kansas.