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.
on 30 may 1854
Many people were enraged at the Kansas-Nebraska act because it did away with the Missouri Compromise. The Kansas-Nebraska act was enacted in 1854.
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.
The Kansas--Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed the new territories to decide for themselves if they would allow slavery or not.See the Related Link for more information.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed on May 30, 1854.1"854
Kansas-Nebraska act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act became a Law on March 30, 1854.
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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.
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.
on 30 may 1854
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty."
Stephen Douglas
Nebraska had less problems than Kansas so Nebraska is a better state