jan 1, 1854 - Kansas- Nebraska Act
Description:
-Allowed settlers in the territory to decide for themselves whether they allow slavery or not-BY Stephen Douglas to promote western settlement and plan for railroad
CAUSE OF CIVIL WAR:
-Repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, allowing slavery in the remainder areas of the Louisiana purchase
-prologue to the civil war
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1854
Now
~ 171 years ago