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Why did northerners head for Kansas After the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed?
they wanted to create a majority antislavery place
What were the 2 states that wanted to be admitted during the Kansas and Nebraska Act?
The Kansas and Nebraska Act, passed in 1854, allowed for the potential admission of two new states: Kansas and Nebraska. Both territories were seeking statehood, with Kansas eventually becoming a free state and Nebraska becoming a slave state. This provision, known as "popular sovereignty," led to increased tensions and the eventual outbreak of violence in Kansas over the issue of slavery.
What stated that the people in the territories could decide for themselves whether they wanted slavery?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Why did Stephen Douglas to propose organizing the region west of Missouri and Iowa as the territories of Kansas and Nebraska?
Stephen Douglas probably proposed such a plan mentioned above because of the concept of popular sovereignty where the people who reside in a territory that might become a state at a later date could decide for themselves whether they wanted slavery or not. This was 'democracy' in action that sounded good in theory but would have tragic consequences later when it was implemented in Kansas.
What caused Douglas to help pass the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
He thought he could stop the Southern states from seceding, if he could get Congress to allow the people of each new state to vote on the slavery question. It might have worked, if a lot of states were voting at the same time. But when it was tried, only in Kansas, that thinly-populated territory became a magnet for terrorists from both sides to intimidate voters. The result was called 'Bleeding Kansas'.
Douglas wanted Kansas and Nebraska settled so a what could be built?
railroad! ♥mas.stonee♥
What was Stephen Douglas's rationale for the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Stephen Douglas wanted the Kansas-Nebraska Act to pass in 1854 because resolving the debate about slavery would help railroads expand faster.
Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was a victory for?
It was a victory for Stephen Douglas and Southerners that wanted a transcontinental railroad to run west from New Orleans.
What two states wanted to be addmitted into the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was concerned with the admission of the Kansas and Nebraska territories into the USA. Since the two sections could not agree whether these future states should be slave or free, Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois suggested that the people of each state should vote on it. The result was Bleeding Kansas.
What democratic senator pushed the idea of the popular sovereignty in kansas and Nebraska?
Stephen A. Douglas was an American politician from Illinois and the designed of the Nebraska-Kansas Act. The act wanted to create a sovereign nation that allowed male white settlers whether they would allow slavery in those nations.Ê
What democratic senator the idea of popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska?
Stephen A. Douglas was an American politician from Illinois and the designed of the Nebraska-Kansas Act. The act wanted to create a sovereign nation that allowed male white settlers whether they would allow slavery in those nations.Ê
What Democratic Senator push the idea of popular sovereignty Kansas and Nebraska?
Stephen A. Douglas was an American politician from Illinois and the designed of the Nebraska-Kansas Act. The act wanted to create a sovereign nation that allowed male white settlers whether they would allow slavery in those nations.Ê
What was the imortance of Kansas-Nebraska Act?
It created the Nebraska and Kansas territories. Repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Allowed settlers to determine if they wanted slavery or not.
Why did northerners head for Kansas After the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed?
they wanted to create a majority antislavery place
How did the kansas nebraska act affect the civil war?
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
Why was Kansas Nebraska act so pertaining?
It let settlers decide if they wanted a slave state or not, set boundaries between Kansas and Nebraska, and made both a state.
Why did Stephen Douglas propose repealing the Missouri Compromise?
Douglas wanted to abandon the Missouri Compromise because he wanted to put in place his own Kansas- Nebraska Act. This act would expand railroads and allow territories to choose for themselves if they wanted to be free or slave states.
