One of the many compromises to try to avert civil war between North and South.
This one tried to put the slavery question to a local vote. On such an important and emotive issue, this was just asking for intimidation by outlaws.
Leonardo Di Caprio
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
He was in the U.S. Senate when he voted against the act.
Congress. It was tabled by Stephen Douglas.
The Act was meant to allow the people of each state to decide.
the fugitive slave act of 1850 and the kansas-nebraska act of 1854
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
1854
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It was passed in the U.S. Congress in 1854. President Franklin Pierce signed the bill into law on May 30, 1854.
Stephen Douglas
1854
Stephan A. Douglas proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act in 1854.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty."
Leonardo Di Caprio
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854