Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legislation
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| gptkbp:allows |
popular sovereignty
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| gptkbp:contributedTo |
Civil War tensions
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| gptkbp:createdBy |
gptkb:Kansas_Territory
gptkb:Nebraska_Territory |
| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act_of_1864 Missouri_Compromise_provisions |
| gptkbp:encouraged |
Migration_to_Kansas
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
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| gptkbp:impact |
gptkb:Missouri_Compromise
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
Political_landscape_of_the_United_States
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
Compromise of 1850
|
| gptkbp:introduced |
gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas
|
| gptkbp:involved |
gptkb:Border_Ruffians
|
| gptkbp:isChallengedBy |
gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkb:Franklin_Pierce Abolitionists Northern Democrats President_Franklin_Pierce |
| gptkbp:isCitedIn |
gptkb:Congress
Slavery in new territories |
| gptkbp:isCriticizedFor |
Ignoring_Native_American_rights
Promoting_violence_in_Kansas |
| gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy |
Yes
Popular sovereignty principle |
| gptkbp:isInfluencedBy |
Manifest Destiny
Shaping_American_politics. |
| gptkbp:ledTo |
Rise of abolitionist movements
Increased sectionalism Formation_of_the_Republican_Party Political_realignment_in_the_U.S. Establishment_of_Kansas_as_a_battleground_state |
| gptkbp:opposedBy |
Free Soil Party
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
Create_Kansas_and_Nebraska_territories
|
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
Increased tensions over slavery
Election of 1855 in Kansas |
| gptkbp:significantEvent |
gptkb:Bleeding_Kansas
|
| gptkbp:sparked |
Violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions
|
| gptkbp:supportedBy |
gptkb:Democratic_Party
|
| gptkbp:wasAffecting |
1854
|
| gptkbp:wasEducatedAt |
Expanding westward
Settling the issue of slavery in territories Facilitating_settlement_of_the_West |
| gptkbp:wasPartOf |
Pre-Civil War America
May 30, 1854 Expansionist_policies Majority_vote_in_Congress The_sectional_conflict_in_the_U.S. |
| gptkbp:wasSupportedBy |
Southern Democrats
|
| gptkbp:yearEstablished |
1854
|