The principle of letting the people of a new state vote on whether it was to be a slave-state or a free state.
It demonstrated that the slavery question would never be settled except through violence.
the fugitive slave act of 1850 and the kansas-nebraska act of 1854
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
1854
yes i was
It was passed in the U.S. Congress in 1854. President Franklin Pierce signed the bill into law on May 30, 1854.
1854
Stephen Douglas
Stephan A. Douglas proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act in 1854.
Kansas was settled around 1850 with the Kansas-Nebraska Act. =)
1794
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty."