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What were the events in May 1856 that inflamed the slavery issue?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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 decision promoted by Stephen Douglas made popular sovereignty a national policy for dealing with slavery?
Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas was a leading Democrat in the US. He sought to solve the slavery issue by having the citizens of a US Territory, vote on the slavery issue. Then when the Territory applied for statehood, the slavery issue would have already been decided.This was a sane measure, however, there was a lack of law and order in Kansas at the time of 1854. The result was chaos and murder in Kansas.
In 1854 the issue of slavory as inflamed by which event?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Because of violent struggles over the issue of slavery what was the nickname for Kansas Territory?
Bleeding Kansas
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act call for?
It called for the residents of Kansas and Nebraska vote to decide the issue of slavery.
Congress decided to let the citizens decide the issue of slavery in the states of?
Kansas and Nebraska
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?
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?
What act led to popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery in the new territories?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
When people vote directly on the issue of slavery that is called?
There was a vote for slavery with the Kansas Nebraska Act. The states held an election to decide if they would come in free or slave.
What would not be considered an old solution to the slavery issue in the mid-1850s?
Kansas-Nebraska Act A+ answer
How was the issue of slavery to be in Nebraska and Kansas?
Pro-slavery settlers fought against anti-slavery settlers.
Which law made the expansion of slavery in western states possible?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed for popular sovereignty (letting settlers in a territory decide the slavery issue) in the western territories, which led to increased tensions and the expansion of slavery in those areas.
Was the Kansas Nebraska act pro slavery or antislavery?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was pro-slavery in that it allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to permit slavery through popular sovereignty. This effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise, which had previously banned slavery in those territories. The act led to significant conflict, known as "Bleeding Kansas," as pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces clashed over the issue. Thus, while it theoretically allowed for both positions, it favored the expansion of slavery into new territories.
How did the kansas-nebraska act settle the issue of slavery?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed for popular sovereignty in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, meaning that the residents would vote on whether to allow slavery. This led to violent conflicts in Kansas known as "Bleeding Kansas" as pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces clashed. Ultimately, the act did not settle the issue of slavery and instead fueled tensions that eventually led to the Civil War.
What were the events in May 1856 that inflamed the slavery issue?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
In 1854 Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act which would allow the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide on the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty. Dougla?
the construction of a transcontinental railroad that would start in Chicago, Illinois
