Declared Nebraska and Kansas to be free states
He was in the U.S. Senate when he voted against the act.
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.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty."
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Kansas-Nebraska act
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Bleeding Kansas
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.
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.
Stephan A. Douglas proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act in 1854.
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