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Describe what the Kansas-nabraska act was?
Declared Nebraska and Kansas to be free states
What office did Sam Houston vote against the Kansas-Nabraska act in 1854?
He was in the U.S. Senate when he voted against the act.
How did the Kansas-Nabraska act try to reach a compromise on slavery?
The Kansas-Nebraska act tried to reach a compromise on slavery because it allowed the people to choose whether the state would be a slave state or a free state. They viewed this as better rather then assigning the states themselves.
Did the Kansas - Nebraska act happen in 1854?
yes i was
What year did the Kansas-Nebraska Act happen and what was the significance of it?
on 30 may 1854
2 events that led to the civil war?
Missiouri compromise -- 1820 compromise of 1850 fugitive slave law uncle toms cabin -- 1852 Kansas - Nabraska Act -- 1854 bleeding kansas -- 1855-1856 dread Scott case -- 1856 Lincoln duglas debates -- 1858 john brown and harpers ferry -- 1859
Where did the Kansas-Nebraska Act happen at?
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.
The allowed Southerners to take their slaves with them into Kansas and Nebraska.?
Kansas-Nebraska act
What is the largest city in Nabraska?
Omaha
What Nickname was given to Kansas after the Kansas Nebraska Act?
Bleeding Kansas
What is true about the kansas Nebraska act?
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.
Which of the acts repealed part of The Missouri Compromise?
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.
