KANSAS & NEBRASKA ACT.

WHAT WAS IT?

• Is the most significant event leading to the civil war
• Introduced popular sovereignty
• Designed to open thousand of farms
• To make transcontinental railroad possible
• Republican Party was created an opposition to the act

CONTINUED

• Lead by Steven A . Douglas
• Nullified Missouri compromise

BLEEDING KANSAS

WHAT WAS IT?

• It was a border war between anti-slavery states and border ruffians
• It took place in the Kansas territory and neighboring towns of Missouri
• Happened between 1854 and 1861
• Main reason is whether or not Kansas enters the union free or slave
• It got the name Bleeding Kansas because it was a bloody war

STATES REACTION

HOW THEY FELT

• The states enjoyed the popular sovereignty

STATES REACTION

HOW DID THEY FEEL ?

• Neither north or south agreed

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