It might allow slavery in states North of the Missouri line - the parallel that had been accepted as the 'line in the sand' for so long, and which had kept the peace for thirty years.
it made it possible for slavery to be allowed in more ares-apex
Kansas-Nebraska act
So the region would become a slave-free state
Yes, there were some Northerners who supported the expansion of slavery into Northern territories like Nebraska, primarily for economic reasons or to appease Southern interests. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which allowed for popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery, attracted both pro-slavery advocates and abolitionists to the territories. This led to significant conflict, as both groups sought to influence the outcome, ultimately resulting in violent confrontations known as "Bleeding Kansas." While many Northerners opposed slavery, the political landscape at the time included a contingent that was willing to accommodate its expansion to maintain the Union.
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Kansas-Nebraska
The Kansas-Nebraska Act also led to "Bleeding Kansas," a mini civil war that erupted in Kansas in 1856. Northerners and Southerners flooded Kansas in 1854 and 1855, determined to convert the future state to their view on slavery.
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they wanted to create a majority antislavery place
It violated the Missouri Compromise.
He was a thot- Tyson Mayfield of Kansas XDXDXD
The new settlers were known as the free soilers. Like the free soil party founded in 1848, free soilers worked to end slavery in the territories. The free soil party condemned the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The Kansas Nebraska Act let to "Bleeding Kansas" a mini civil war that erupted in Kansas in 1856. Many Northerners and Southerners went to Kansas in 1854. Determined to convert the future state to their view on slavery. To ensure that their respective side would win both Southerners and Northerners. Including Ohioans like John Brown and Henry Ward Beecher, advocated the use of violence.
They strongly disapproved of the act.
They thought that granting popular sovereignty would allow slavery
Because it could have allowed some new slave-states in the West.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of the U.S. Congress said voters in these territories to choose whether they would allow slavery or not. Thousands of antislavery northerners went into Kansas and voted to forbid slavery, then returned home.