Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
- This act created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries
-The act established that settlers could vote to decide whether to allow slavery, in the name of popular sovereignty or rule of the people
-Douglas hoped that would ease relations between the North and the South, because the South could expand slavery to new territories but the North still had the right to abolish slavery in its states.
-Failed in pleasing the masses, and in the end there was simply increased tension, which led to more violence, such as Bleeding Kansas
-The act established that settlers could vote to decide whether to allow slavery, in the name of popular sovereignty or rule of the people
-Douglas hoped that would ease relations between the North and the South, because the South could expand slavery to new territories but the North still had the right to abolish slavery in its states.
-Failed in pleasing the masses, and in the end there was simply increased tension, which led to more violence, such as Bleeding Kansas
Abraham Lincoln
Speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Act
October 16, 1854
Speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Act
October 16, 1854