Kansas-Nebraska Act
Facts
- Created the states of Kansas and Nebraska
- Repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820
- Introduced by Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois
- The initial purpose was to open up many thousands of new farms.
- After the bill was passed on May 30, 1854.. the violence erupted in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers
Political Map
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/kansas.html
Senator Stephen Douglas
http://mrnussbaum.com/history-2/kansasnebraska/
Flyer
http://historyofcivilrights.wordpress.com/unit-2-compromise-and-conflict/kansas-nebraska-act/