The Kansas-Nebraska act opened up the possibility of new slave states made from the former Louisiana territory north of (most of) the southern border of Missouri, which had been forbidden by the earlier Missouri Compromise that allowed Missouri to be formed as a slave state but restricted future slave states to lie entirely south of (most of) Missouri.
By the way: I keep saying "most of" because the southeastern part of Missouri has a "boot heel" that dips further south than the rest of the state. I'm not talking about that part, I'm talking about the southern border of the southwestern part of the state.
Abolitionist were not entirely happy about this, but the prevailing sentiments in the northern portions of the former Louisiana Territory were mainly anti-slavery anyway, so allowing popular sovereignty to determine whether slavery would be allowed or not didn't actually hurt anything in practice...
Until pro-slavery interests began "stuffing" the new territories with people who would vote to allow slavery at the time of statehood. And then abolitionists began doing a little stuffing of their own. In Kansas in particular (see "Bleeding Kansas") some of the stuffing took the form of stuffing guns into people's faces.
It provided an opportunity to gain more slave states if slave-friendly settlers could win the popular sovereignty initiatives.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act also led to "Bleeding Kansas," a mini civil war that erupted in Kansas in 1856. Northerners and Southerners flooded Kansas in 1854 and 1855, determined to convert the future state to their view on slavery.
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people from nebraska still went into to vote for the south presidental candidate in a northern state.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act also led to "Bleeding Kansas," a mini civil war that erupted in Kansas in 1856. Northerners and Southerners flooded Kansas in 1854 and 1855, determined to convert the future state to their view on slavery.
It made it possible for slavery to be allowed in more areas.
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Kansas and Nebraska were created after the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The reason for this Act was to open new farmland and create a Transcontinental Railroad.
Stephan A. Douglas proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act in 1854.
The Missouri Compromise was effectively ended by the Kansas-Nebraska Act, however since there was still turmoil as to the "Bleeding Kansas" dispute, it was thought that the Kansas-Nebraska Act would be shortly overturned. The Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court further strengthened the elimination of the Missouri Compromise and the institution of slavery north of the Mason-Dixon Line by ruling that slaves were not able to take cases to court.
They liked it because it could have allowed new slave states.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty."
Stephen Douglas