American History
Dakota Stevens
Kansas-Nebraska Act
- Was passed on May 30, 1854.
- This Act infuriated many in the North.
- After the Act was passed many people from the North and South moved there to contribute to the outcome of the election.
- Soon violence erupted in kansas from the anti-slavorists lead by John Brown that gave kansas the nickname "Bleeding Kansas"
- Finally on January 29, 1861 Kansas became a state in the union.
John Brown
The Anti-Slavory leader in Kansas. http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm
Map
Map of Kansas and Nebraska Territory, and the Missouri Compromise line. http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215469/kansas1.gif
Abraham Lincoln
President of the Union. Was against slavery. ttp://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/upload/05111-01-0002_GLC_med.jpg