When did the kansas nebraska act happen?

In 1854 the Kansas-Nebraksa Act overturned the Missouri Compromise’s use of latitude as the boundary between slave and free territory and instead, using the principle of popular sovereignty, decreed that the residents would determine whether the area became a free state or a slave state. read more

The conflicts that arose between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in the aftermath of the act’s passage led to the period of violence known as Bleeding Kansas, and helped paved the way for the American Civil War (1861-65). read more

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was signed into law on May 30, 1854. This Act created the territories of Nebraska and Kansas so people could begin settling in these areas. read more