Stephon A. Douglas
Stephon A. Douglas
Stephon A. Douglas
popular sovereignty was an unworkable solution for the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
Kansas and Nebraska
(Stephen A. Douglas)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was written in Washington, D.C., by Senator Stephen A. Douglas in 1854. It aimed to organize the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allow the settlers in those territories to decide on the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty. The act was significant in intensifying the national debate over slavery and contributed to the events leading up to the Civil War.
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?
Yes
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.
In 1854, Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois proposed a bill to organize the Territory of Nebraska, a vast area of land that would become Kansas, Nebraska, Montana and the Dakotas. Known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the controversial bill raised the possibility that slavery could be extended into territories where it had once been banned.
novanet - It split Nebraska into 2 distinct territories: Nebraska and Kansas. :-] thats the correct answer