30 maio 1854 ano - Kansas-Nebraska Act

Descrição:

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was proposed by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas. It provided for the territorial organization of Kansas and Nebraska under the principle of popular sovereignty.This had been previously applied to New Mexico and Utah in the Compromise of 1850.It lead to sectionalism in the US by dividing citizens in ruled by popular sovereignty by creating different sides in order to gain control of each state.