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kansas-nebraska act definitions
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1created the territories of kansas and nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the missouri compromise of 1820, and allowed the settlers to decide whether or not to have slavery within those territories8 sets
2a law that allowed voters in kansas and nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery6 sets
3act passed in 1854 which divided the nebraska territory into two parts, kansas and nebraska and left the issue of slavery up to popular sovereignty.5 sets
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5law that allowed voters in kansas and nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery4 sets
6law that split nebraska into the territories of nebraska and kansas and allowed for popular sovereignty there4 sets
7divided the remainder of the louisiana purchase into two territories in which slavery issues would be determined by popular sovereignty3 sets
8stephen douglas' attempt to allow popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue in the territories in exchange for the trans-continental rail road linking california and illinois.3 sets
91854, extended popular sovereignty to the kansas-nebrerska territories, missouri compromise wos contractdicted2 sets
10law that allowed people to vote for slavery in territories where the missouri compromise had banned it.2 sets
11a law that allowed voters in kansas and nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery.2 sets
12it proposed that the nebraska territory be divided into two territories, kansas and nebraska. the settlers living in each territory would be able to decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty.2 sets
13abolished the missouri compromise and allowed people in kansas and nebraska to decide if they wanted slavery or not.2 sets
14opened new lands and determined in which territories slavery would be allowed in.2 sets
15law that allowed voters in the kansas and nebraska territories to choose whether to allow slavery2 sets
16slavery decided by popular sovereignty-- led to bleeding kansas2 sets
17this act set up kansas and nebraska as states. each state would use popular sovereignty to decide what to do about slavery. people who were proslavery and antislavery moved to kansas, but some antislavery settlers were against the act. this began guerrilla warfare.2 sets
18this act stated that the territory of nebraska would be sliced into two territories- nebraska and kansas. their status about slavery would be solved with popular soverienty.2 sets
19proposed by stephen douglas that the territories of kansas and nebraska could decide whether they wanted to be slave or free2 sets
20this bill introduced by senator stephen douglas proposed that the nebraska territory be divided into two territories kansas and nebraska. the settlers living in each territory would settle the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty? ***2 sets
21created kansas and nebraska, repealed compromise of 1820, establish pop. sovereignty2 sets
22voters to choose whether to allow slavery2 sets
231854 law that called for the creation of these two new territories, and stated that the citizens in each territory should decide whether slavery would be allowed there2 sets
24law that provided for popular sovereignty in kansas2 sets
25allowed voters in kansas and nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery2 sets
261854 - this act repealed the missouri compromise and established a doctrine of congressional nonintervention in the territories. popular sovereignty (vote of the people) would determine whether kansas and nebraska would be slave or free states.2 sets
27proposed to repeal antislavery provision of the missouri compromise. also proposed dividing the region into two territories. nebraska would be northernmost and kansas southern.2 sets
281854, created the territories of kansas and nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the missouri compromise of 1820, and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries.2 sets
29creates the territories of kansas and nebraska and opens the slave issue to popular sovereignty2 sets
30this legislation was passed to help with the settlement of the west and to lay the ground work for a transactional railroad1 set
31during this event, five pro-slavery citizens were hacked to death with broad swords by john brown at pottawatomie creek1 set
32in 1854, this allowed for the people in these territories to vote wheter they wished to have slavery or not.1 set
33an act of congress that organized the territories of kansas and nebraska on the basis of popular sovereignty1 set
34law that split the nebraska territory into kansas and nebraska and allowed people to vote on slavery in these territories1 set
35law that declared "popular sovereignty" in new territories west of repealed the missouri compromise because it didnt prohibit slavery.1 set
361854; after the apparent peace that followed the comp of 1850, this bill, sponsored by stephen douglas, proposed the opening of the kans-neb territories based on the idea of pop sov. he hoped to benefit himself and his illinois constituents by accelerating the start of the transcontinental rr thru those areas, but the primary result was to stir up heated emotions over the slave issue, specifically because the bill implicitly repealed the provisions of the mo comp that banned slavery in those areas. when elections were held to decide whether part of the territory should be free or slave, a virtual civil war erupted in "bleeding kansas."1 set
37law that split the nebraska territory into kansas and nevraska and allowed people to vote on slavery in these territories1 set
38act in 1854 that divided the nebraska territory in to 2 separate territories, & repealed the ban on slavery n of the missouri compromise line, the citizens of each territory would be able to determine whether their state would be slave or free1 set
39created 2 new territories allowed kansas and nebraska to vote on question of slavery1 set
40a bill proposed by stephen douglas that said the nebraska territory would be divided and the states would decide if they would be slave or free1 set