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The Kansas - Nebraska Act was passed by both Houses in the Congress. This resulted in violence between pro slavery people and anti slavery abolitionists. Thus the term "Bleeding Kansas was used to describe the fighting there.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was created in 1854. It created territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new land for settlement and allowed white male settlers in those territories to determine whether slavery would be allowed.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 resulted in armed conflict between pro-slavery people in Kansas and anti-slavery people there. The terms of Bleeding Kansas and Bloody Kansas in 1854 and the years prior to the US Civil War mean the same thing.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
They got to choose whether the territory would have slavery by the way of popular sovereignty, which is the people get to have the choice.
It was passed in the U.S. Congress in 1854. President Franklin Pierce signed the bill into law on May 30, 1854.
It was an attempt to solve the slavery question by allowing the people of each new state to vote on it.
The commonly accepted view in Congress was that left to themselves, the people of Kansas would follow the lead of Missouri and become a slave State. In addition, it was believed that Nebraska would be a free State. Basically the Kansas - Nebraska Act left the decision of slavery to the people. In May 1854 Congress passed this Act.
i didnt know they had one O_o ? unlike the retard ahead of me ill tell you what it is.. the Kansas Nebraska act was a plan that would divide the remainder if the Louisiana purchase into 2 territories Kansas and Nebraska and allow the people in each territory to divide on the question of slavery
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty." The decision about slavery was to be made by the settlers in Kansas rather than by outsiders. The decision as to whether Kansas would become a free state or a slave state would be decided by the votes of people in Kansas. Whichever side had more votes counted by officials would decide if Kansas would become a free state or a slave state.
Hopeful that the people of Kansas and Nebraska might vote for slavery in those states.
In 1854 The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed and created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It also opened up new lands, allowed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 to be repealed, and allowed people who were settled in those areas to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries. Also, it was intended to open the opportunity for a Mideastern Transcontinental Railroad.
In 1854 The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed and created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It also opened up new lands, allowed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 to be repealed, and allowed people who were settled in those areas to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries. Also, it was intended to open the opportunity for a Mideastern Transcontinental Railroad.
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.
After the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1856 was passed, citizens in US Territories could vote in advance of statehood on the issue of slavery. This was called "popular sovereignty" Since people in Kansas has widely conflicting views on slavery, many armed conflicts developed and many lives were lost.
The Kansas - Nebraska Act was passed by both Houses in the Congress. This resulted in violence between pro slavery people and anti slavery abolitionists. Thus the term "Bleeding Kansas was used to describe the fighting there.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty. The people who lived in these territories would be able to vote on whether slavery would be allowed there. What effect did this have on Kansas?