The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
- Acheck_circle
Repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed popular sovereignty on slavery in those territories
- B
Banned slavery outright in all federal territories west of the Mississippi
- C
Established Kansas as a free state and Nebraska as a slave state by federal mandate
- D
Was peaceful, settling sectional tensions and ending sectional violence for a decade
Explanation
Stephen Douglas's bill; led to "Bleeding Kansas" violence between pro- and anti-slavery settlers.