Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:legislation
|
| gptkbp:allows |
settlers to decide on slavery
|
| gptkbp:associated_with |
Republican Party formation
|
| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas
|
| gptkbp:controversy |
slavery in new territories
|
| gptkbp:date_enacted |
May 30, 1854
|
| gptkbp:enacted_by |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
|
| gptkbp:established |
gptkb:Kansas_Territory
gptkb:Nebraska_Territory |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Territorial Act of 1854
|
| gptkbp:impact |
sectional conflict in the United States
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
future statehood of Kansas and Nebraska
political landscape of the 1850s |
| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:Missouri_Compromise
|
| gptkbp:introduced_in |
gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas
|
| gptkbp:is_aimed_at |
organizing territories
|
| gptkbp:is_criticized_for |
yes
repealing Missouri Compromise |
| gptkbp:is_debated_in |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
Supreme Court cases |
| gptkbp:is_influential_in |
shaping U. S. policy on territories
|
| gptkbp:is_opposed_by |
abolitionists
|
| gptkbp:is_related_to |
gptkb:Dred_Scott_decision
|
| gptkbp:led_to |
increased tensions between North and South
formation of new political parties Republican opposition to slavery conflict over slavery in territories |
| gptkbp:part_of |
pre-Civil War legislation
|
| gptkbp:passes_through |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
|
| gptkbp:prompted |
migration to Kansas and Nebraska
|
| gptkbp:related_to |
gptkb:Bleeding_Kansas
|
| gptkbp:repealed_by |
gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act
Missouri Compromise provisions |
| gptkbp:resulted_in |
establishment of two territories
violent confrontations in Kansas |
| gptkbp:signed_by |
May 30, 1854
President Franklin Pierce |
| gptkbp:significance |
popular sovereignty
|
| gptkbp:was_affecting |
territorial governance
national politics land ownership issues economic development in territories settler rights territorial legislation. statehood processes community formation in Kansas and Nebraska cultural exchanges in territories elections in Kansas and Nebraska local governance in Kansas and Nebraska migration patterns in the U. S. political activism in territories political alignments in the U. S. settler demographics in Kansas social dynamics in territories voter registration in territories |
| gptkbp:was_part_of |
American expansionism
debates over slavery compromise efforts in the 1850s |
| gptkbp:was_supported_by |
southern Democrats
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Nebraska_Territory
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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