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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas and Nebraska
by allowing slavery to spread to areas that had been free for more than 30 years
The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
In both Kansas and Nebraska, they were admitted states with popular sovereignty, which means the state chooses if it is a slave state or a free state.
a violent clash between pro slavery and antislavery forces
a violent clash between pro slavery and antislavery forces
a violent clash between pro slavery and antislavery forces
a violent clash between pro slavery and antislavery forces
popular sovereignty was an unworkable solution for the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
A provision allowed for Nebraska to vote down the line on their status as Free or Slave.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty."
a violent clash beetween proslavery and antislavery forces.
popular sovereignty
The Kansas and Nebraska Act, passed in 1854, allowed for the potential admission of two new states: Kansas and Nebraska. Both territories were seeking statehood, with Kansas eventually becoming a free state and Nebraska becoming a slave state. This provision, known as "popular sovereignty," led to increased tensions and the eventual outbreak of violence in Kansas over the issue of slavery.
The US state of Nebraska has a population of 1,796,619
The population of South Nebraska is 2,908.