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In 1854 the issue of slavory as inflamed by which event?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What were the events in May 1856 that inflamed the slavery issue?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
How was the issue of slavery to be decide in Nebraska and Kansas?
In 1854 , Senator Stephen A. Douglas prosposed a bill that would divide the Nebraska territory into two terriotories - Nebraska and Kansas .
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.
Name the events in may 1856 that further inflamed the slavery issue?
In May of 1856, several violent events further inflamed the United States in respect to its ongoing slavery/anti-slavery tensions. The first (on the 21st) was an attack on the town of Lawrence, Kansas, by a large group of slavery advocates: great damage was done to the settlement and one citizen was killed. This attack was apparently motivated by a (non-fatal) shooting during the previous month; it also served as a motivation in turn, with five pro-slavery Kansas settlers being killed in retaliation just a few days later (on the 24th).
In 1854 the issue of slavory as inflamed by which event?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What were the events in May 1856 that inflamed the slavery issue?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
In which state did fighting break out in 1854 over the issue of slavery?
Kansas
What issue did the Republican Party rally around in 1854?
the spread of slavery in the west
What compromise preserved the balance over the issue of slavery between the North and South?
The Missouri compromises reserved the balance over the issue of slavery between the North and the South. This ended with the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act, which gave citizens in a territory the right to vote on the slavery issue.
What the immediate cause for the south to secede from the union?
the right of new states to decide if they wanted slavery or not and a little fictional book called uncle toms cabin inflamed the slavery issue
Why was the 1854 Republican Party formed?
The whigs and democrats would not take a strong stand about the slavery issue --1854
What law in 1854 was devoted the principle of popular sovereignty?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for the citizens of a territory to vote on the issue of slavery before they applied for statehood. The idea was termed popular sovereignty.
When was Slavery in Massachusetts created?
Slavery in Massachusetts was created in 1854.
Stephen Douglas proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854. This act opened the area of Kansas and Nebraska to which of the following people?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 opened these two territories for citizens to vote on the slavery issue. While all went well in Nebraska, pro and anti-slavery people had violent and deadly clashes over that issue.
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 deal with the issue slavery?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to determine whether they would allow slavery based on popular sovereignty. This contradicted the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which had prohibited slavery in this region. The Act ultimately led to violent clashes between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in Kansas, known as "Bleeding Kansas."
What effect did the Kansas-Nebraska act 1854 have on the conflict over slavery?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 heightened tensions over slavery by allowing settlers to determine whether slavery would be allowed in those territories, effectively overturning the Missouri Compromise of 1820. This led to violent clashes between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in Kansas, known as "Bleeding Kansas," and further polarized the nation on the issue of slavery.
