Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Kansas-Nebraska Act

• As people continued to move west, there was a
  need to create governments in the new
  territories.
• Stephen Douglas created the Kansas Nebraska Act.
• Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
• Contained a clause on POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
• The people of a territory could vote on whether
  they wanted to be a free state or a slave state.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Northerners were angry that this act repealed the
  Missouri Compromise and created the possibility
  of slavery being allowed above the 36 30
  parallel.

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Bleeding Kansas

• The territory of Kansas, which was being
  considered for statehood, was flooded by both pro
  and anti-slavery supporters who came to the state
  to vote for or against it in Kansas.
• The area became very violent earning it the name
  BLEEDING KANSAS.
• In the end, Kansas was admitted as a free state
  in 1861.
• The act further divided the nation and destroyed
  the Missouri Compromise .