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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.

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It was an attempt to solve the slavery question by allowing the people of each new state to vote on it.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty."

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What year was the kansas-nebraska act passed by congress?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed on May 30, 1854.1"854


Nebraska became a state when what act passed?

Kansas-Nebraska


Civil war what was the Kansas-Nebraska act?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the US congress on May 30,1853. It stated that Kansas and Nebraska could either allow or not allow slavery within their borders.


Was the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed during James Buchanan presidency?

No, Pierce.


Bill passed by congress in 1854 that led to violence?

Kansas-Nebraska Act!


Why did northerners head for Kansas After the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed?

they wanted to create a majority antislavery place


The allowed Southerners to take their slaves with them into Kansas and Nebraska.?

Kansas-Nebraska act


When did the congress pass the act of Kansas-Nebraska?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed in 1854. It repealed the original decision of the Missouri Compromise. It allowed states to vote whether or not to allow slavery.


What law passed through congress nullified The Missouri Compromise of 1820?

The kansas nebraska act ;)


What was a result of passage of Kansas-Nebraska act?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a law passed by Congress in 1854, which divided the states of Missouri and Iowa, and the territory of Minnesota into two new territories, Kansas and Nebraska. It resulted to violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers.


What was a result of passage of the kansas- nebraska act?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a law passed by Congress in 1854, which divided the states of Missouri and Iowa, and the territory of Minnesota into two new territories, Kansas and Nebraska. It resulted to violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers.


Who was involved in the Kansas Nebraska act?

Slaves