Both slave supporters and abolitionists were illegally voting to decipher if Kansas would be free of have slaves. The government, having the Constitution, was not helping the slaves of the south. Instead the government said the blacks would never be United States citizens; they were property of whites. To show wealth in the south whites had to have a farm, slaves, cattle, and crops. The more they had the wealthier they were said to be.
The Missouri Compromise wanted that to end. At the time, this compromise was seen as a critical agreement to preserve the balance of Congress. The United States congress admitted Missouri to the union as a state that allowed slavery and Maine as a free state. This ended up as Missouri being a free state and ending the slavery debate. The Kansas-Nebraska act, also known as the “Bleeding-Kansas” was the act that allowed
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a bill that essentially disregarded and relinquished the Missouri Compromise. The Kansas-Nebraska Act stated that any westward expansion of the United States was to have the decision on slavery made via popular sovereignty. Popular sovereignty, in regards to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, was the idea that the decision on slavery in a region should be decided by the people who live there. This seemed fair, but the issue with instating popular sovereignty was that the parameters of the Missouri Compromise stated that slavery could not exist anywhere above the 36°30° line (History.com). Therefore, popular sovereignty would entirely disregard important factors of the Missouri Compromise, which was regarded by many as a strong force in holding the Union
The Kansas- Nebraska Act allowed divided western land into the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to choose the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty. This increased sectional tensions because the South wanted to build a southern railroad, as it would increase economic growth. Also, the North was upset because of the possibility of the expansion of slavery into western territories. Also, on the day of voting, border ruffians came from Missouri to vote in support of slavery. This greatly upset the North, especially the free-soilers.
As the United States moved west during its Westward expansion, it prevented the south from making the states above that line to become a slave state. Because of this the Compromise of 1850 was made so that certain states would be determined to be a slave state or not. In addition to this conflict, problems in Kansas and Nebraska sparked an internal territorial problem in these states. For example in Kansas there were battles over territories which either allowed slavery or opposed it. This caused the Kansas-Nebraska act to be
Thousands of settlers rushed into Kansas Territory. Kansas-Nebraska Act discussed how Kanas was north of the Missouri Compromise’s 36 ’30-degree boundary, but the south wanted it to be admitted as a slave state. Many historians would argue that the Civil War began with “Bleeding of Kansas”, which had two governments applying for statehood, Lecompton and Lawrence. Many of Kansas residents favored free soil and refused allegiance to the Lecompton
Southern slave owners were pleased with this, but northern abolitionists were greatly opposed to such actions. This fueling of tensions solidified the positions of pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions to the point that future attempts at compromise would be ineffective. As northern abolitionists gained support for their cause, the South began to fear northern dominance and aggression. Setting the stage to make things worse, the Compromise of 1850 influenced and led to events such as the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Dredd Scott decision. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed new territories to determine whether or not they would allow slavery via popular sovereignty.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was a bill that gave the settlers of the territory, Kansas and Nebraska, to decide whether slavery would be allowed or not. The bill proposed by Stephen A. Douglas, overruled the Missouri Compromise (a compromise that Missouri entered the Union as a slave state but slavery would be forbidden anywhere else in the Louisiana Purchase North of 36* 30’), a boundary between the free and the slave states. This bill split two major political parties at that time; which were: the Whig Party and the Democratic Party, but also helped on the unification of the Republican Party. The Democratic Party was split into two; the Northern and the Southern side.
There was a conflict between the states when the new territory Kansas went against the Missouri Compromise. The Compromise stated that There could be no slavery beyond the latitude of 36 degrees and 30 degrees. In 1854 Kansas broke out into a fight under the doctrine of popular sovereignty which means the people of Kansas can choose if they want to be a free state or a slave state. Under those terms, Pro-slavery parties and Antislavery parties clashed for whether Kansas becomes the state of the South or of the
In America during the early and mid 1800’s, many compromises were made about slavery in attempts to calm relations between Northern and Southern states. However, the effects of many of those compromises revealed their true nature of simply leaning on one side of the issue or the other. One such instance of this was the Missouri Compromise of 1820 in which Missouri was allowed to be a slave state only with the admittance of Maine as a free state as well as permanently prohibiting slavery in the remaining Luisiana Purchase north of the 36°30' parallel. Another such contract was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 which recognized Kansas and Nebraska as official United States territories and allowed both to decide by popular sovereignty whether
The men doing so were Franklin Pierce, Senator Stephen A. Douglass, James Buchanan, and senator Lewis Cass, they were the main contributors to the problems in the Union. Created in 1856 Straightforward image An outbreak of conflict had emerged resulting from the passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act under the principle of popular sovereignty but the main issue of the doctrine was the faith of the outcome. In Kansas free-soilers prompted to control the government. John Brown a more violent abolitionist fought a war with pro-slavery forces.
In 1854, Stephen Douglas introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act to Congress in order to amend the issue of slavery among the states. He proposed that the territory of Nebraska be split into two separate states, the other becoming the state of Kansas. Nebraska would become a free state and Kansas would become a slave state. However, this caused tension with the North because they noted that this bill repealed the Missouri Compromise, allowing slavery into land above the thirty six thirty parallel. As the state continued to grow in population, the state began to resemble a miniature United States.
Free and slave states were kept balanced to keep war from breaking out, but the Kansas-Nebraska Act brought on the Civil War. The Kansas-Nebraska Act split Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska, where Kansas would become a slave state and Nebraska a free state, but leaving the actual decision on slavery to the residents of the territories. Bleeding Kansas occurred because this act led to violence between pro and antislavery forces. The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Comprise because “it allowed southerners to bring slaves into an area formerly closed to slavery (373)” causing northerners to feel threatened. Kansas had “both southerners and antislavery northerners began an intensive drive to recruit settlers and establish a majority there (374).”
The Kansas-Nebraska Act added to the conflict between the north and the south. The territory on Kansas and Nebraska were obtained with the Louisiana purchase. Popular sovereignty would no longer be in
This act allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide themselves if they wanted to be slave or free. Many people flocked to these territories to vote. Northerners and Southerners bribed many people to move to the territories and vote for or against slavery. Pro-Slavery settlers won the first election, but anti-slavery settlers charged them with fraud and another election was held. Violence erupted while the second election was taking place.
