Kansas-Nebraska Act

GPTKB entity

Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legislation
gptkbp:allows settlers to decide on slavery
gptkbp:controversy slavery
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Kansas_Territory
gptkb:Nebraska_Territory
gptkbp:divisions gptkb:Nebraska_Territory
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Missouri_Compromise
gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act_Repeal
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:encouraged anti-slavery movements
gptkbp:established popular sovereignty
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kansas-Nebraska Act
gptkbp:impact political realignment
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas
gptkbp:involved territorial expansion
gptkbp:isChallengedBy gptkb:Republicans
May 30, 1854
gptkbp:isCitedIn 1854 Congress
in_Congress
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor repealing_Missouri_Compromise
gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy yes
slavery issues
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy shaping_U.S._politics
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:Bleeding_Kansas
increased tensions
violent confrontations
Kansas_conflict
gptkbp:resultedIn Republican_Party_formation
gptkbp:signature gptkb:Franklin_Pierce
gptkbp:sparked sectional conflict
gptkbp:wasAffecting Senate
public opinion on slavery
political parties' platforms
future legislation on territories
national debates on slavery
U.S._history
U.S._territorial_policy
political_landscape_of_the_U.S.
future_statehood_of_Kansas
future_statehood_of_Nebraska
relations_between_North_and_South
settler_dynamics_in_Kansas
settler_dynamics_in_Nebraska
gptkbp:wasEducatedAt expanding slavery into new territories
gptkbp:wasPartOf gptkb:House_of_Representatives
Compromise of 1850
territorial governance
pre-Civil War legislation
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy Southern Democrats
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1854