The State of Kansas was created from the Kansas-Nebraska Territory. In case the name didn't tip you off, the State of Nebraska was also created from the same territory.
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# It created Kansas Territory. # It created Nebraska Territory. # It established the right of the settlers in those territories to make their own determination on the issue of slavery. # It made possible further westward expansion including a transcontinental railroad.
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The Nebraska Territory was an incorporated territory of the U.S. from 1854 to 1867. It consisted of Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, Colorado and Montana.
Nebraska is part of the Louisiana Territory purchased from France in 1803.
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Nebraska was not a state during the American Civil War, but a territory of the US. This territory sent troops, although not in great numbers, to fight for the Union. Nebraska became a state in 1867.