It was unpopular with the Northern Abolitionist lobby for the same reason it was popular with the South - because it coud have allowed new slave-states.
Kansas-Nebraska act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Stephan A. Douglas proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act in 1854.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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 Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty."
Kansas-Nebraska act
popular sovereignty
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Popular Sovereignty
Kansas- Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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?
Stephan A. Douglas proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act in 1854.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Slaves
Kansas and Nebraska