The Kansas-Nebraska Act
On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraks Act created the territories of both Kansas and Nebraska. Nebraska did not become the 37th Union state, however, until 1867.
The Missouri Compromise was repealed in the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which says that all states/territories above the 36 degrees 30 minutes latitude line were free states.
I. Passage of the Kansas- Nebraska Act a. This act allowed the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide whether they wanted slavery or not with popular sovereignty b. This created a struggle between the pro slavery and abolitionists c. Fought over whether the state should be free or not
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of May 30th 1854, created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands, and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty. The people who lived in these territories would be able to vote on whether slavery would be allowed there. What effect did this have on Kansas?
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 enabled voters in the US Territories of Kansas and Nebraska vote as to whether be free or slave States once they entered the Union.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
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It said were slavery was allowed in territories.
In the voting held in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, eligible voters were males of age 21, and legal residents of these territories. At that period of time in the United States, residency, sex and age were universal requirements for voting.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act.