The Kansas Nebraska Act (jan 1, 1854 – may 30, 1854)
Description:
Cause:1. Stephen Douglas wanted to ensure a northern transcontinental railroad route
2. organize territory Nebraska in order to bring area under civil control
Effect:
1. repealed Missouri Compromise
2. created two new territories
3. allowed popular sovereignty
4. produced violent uprising known as Bleeding Kansas
- pro-slavery and antislavery activists flooded into territories to sway the vote.
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1854
may 30, 1854
~ 4 months and 29 days