The Kansas-Nebraska Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legislation
gptkbp:allows popular sovereignty
gptkbp:controversy slavery
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Missouri_Compromise
gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act_Repeal
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:encouraged anti-slavery movements
gptkbp:established gptkb:Kansas_Territory
gptkb:Nebraska_Territory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Kansas-Nebraska Act
gptkbp:impact Native_American_lands
Republican_Party_formation
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Dred_Scott_decision
gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas
gptkbp:isChallengedBy gptkb:Whig_Party
Free Soil Party
abolitionists
gptkbp:isCitedIn gptkb:House_of_Representatives
gptkb:Congress
Senate
gptkbp:isConsidered a_significant_event_in_U.S._history
gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy yes
issues of statehood
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:Bleeding_Kansas
conflict between settlers
increased_violence_in_Kansas
formation_of_the_Republican_Party
gptkbp:relatedTo Compromise of 1850
gptkbp:resultedIn increased sectional tensions
gptkbp:signature gptkb:Franklin_Pierce
gptkbp:sparked pro-slavery movements
gptkbp:wasAffecting 1854
migration patterns
national unity
regional politics
territorial governance
national politics
land ownership issues
voter mobilization efforts
public opinion on slavery
civil rights discussions
political parties' platforms
settler demographics
economic conditions in the territories
election outcomes in the 1850s
legal disputes over slavery
social dynamics in the territories
political_landscape_of_the_U.S.
gptkbp:wasEducatedAt May 30, 1854
expanding slavery into new territories
gptkbp:wasPartOf 1854
Manifest Destiny
pre-Civil War legislation
political_realignment_in_the_U.S.
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:southern_Democrats
gptkbp:yearEstablished May 30, 1854