"That the Constitution, and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Nebraska as elsewhere... it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way." — Kansas-Nebraska Act, May 30, 1854
Which immediate consequence followed most directly from this act?
- Acheck_circle
Violent conflict in Kansas between pro- and anti-slavery settlers
- B
The secession of South Carolina from the Union
- C
Lincoln's issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
- D
The Supreme Court's ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford
Explanation
The act precipitated "Bleeding Kansas" (1854-1859), as rival settlers raced to the territory to determine its status. Dred Scott (1857) came later; secession occurred in 1860-61; Emancipation came in 1862-63.