The Abolitionists, because it could allow the creation of new slave states.
They opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act because they were against the expansion of slavery into new states.
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Hopeful that the people of Kansas and Nebraska might vote for slavery in those states.
Kansas-Nebraska act
Slaves
Kansas and Nebraska
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 moral and political actions of those opposed to the spread of slavery in the context of The Mexican War and The Kansas-Nebraska Act are very conflicting. With the upset in balance of the Mexican War, antislavery activists were upset about any potential compromise while with the Kansas-Nebraska act, they settled with the idea of them being in a state of popular sovereignty.
Stephan A. Douglas proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act in 1854.
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.
Stephen Douglas
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty."
Nebraska had less problems than Kansas so Nebraska is a better state
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Abolitionists - because it could mean the creation of new slave-states, if the local populations voted for it.