Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:legislation
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| gptkbp:affected_territory |
gptkb:Kansas_Territory
gptkb:Nebraska_Territory |
| gptkbp:concept |
popular sovereignty
|
| gptkbp:consequences |
increased tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions
|
| gptkbp:created |
two territories with the right to decide on slavery
|
| gptkbp:date_enacted |
May 30, 1854
|
| gptkbp:enacted_by |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1861
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Dred_Scott_decision
American political landscape |
| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:Missouri_Compromise
|
| gptkbp:is_aimed_at |
facilitating settlement of the West
repealing the Missouri Compromise |
| gptkbp:is_challenged_by |
in courts
|
| gptkbp:is_criticized_for |
due to its implications for slavery
among Free-Soilers among Republicans among Whigs among abolitionists due to its impact on future states' rights. |
| gptkbp:is_debated_in |
in the House of Representatives
in the Senate |
| gptkbp:is_opposed_by |
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Northern_Democrats |
| gptkbp:is_supported_by |
gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas
|
| gptkbp:led_to |
increased sectional conflict
rise of the Republican Party the emergence of new political parties violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers establishment of the Lecompton Constitution formation of the Free-State movement the creation of the Kansas legislature |
| gptkbp:part_of |
pre-Civil War events
|
| gptkbp:passes_through |
in 1854
by a narrow margin |
| gptkbp:prompted |
debates over slavery in new territories
|
| gptkbp:repealed_by |
gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act_of_1864
|
| gptkbp:resulted_in |
establishment of two new territories
migration of settlers to Kansas |
| gptkbp:signed_by |
President Franklin Pierce
|
| gptkbp:significance |
led to violent conflicts known as Bleeding Kansas
|
| gptkbp:sparked |
national debate on slavery
|
| gptkbp:was_influenced_by |
the desire for westward expansion
|
| gptkbp:was_part_of |
gptkb:Compromise_of_1850
the lead-up to the Civil War the struggle over slavery in the territories |
| gptkbp:was_signed_into_law |
by Franklin Pierce
|
| gptkbp:was_supported_by |
gptkb:Southern_Democrats
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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