USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -May 1856 eruption of violence that engulfed a Kansas town. When was the Kansas-Nebraska act passed? What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do? it divided the remainder of the LA purchase into two territories-Kansas and Nebraska-and let people decide for or against slavery.

Detailed explanation-2: -They adopted an anti-slavery state constitution and applied for admission to the United States as a free state. By 1856 two illegal governments operated simultaneously in the Kansas Territory with two separate groups of supporters.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kansas has a divided government. The Democratic Party controls the office of governor, while the Republican Party controls the offices of attorney general, secretary of state, and both chambers of the state legislature.

Detailed explanation-4: -In January 1854, Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois introduced a bill that divided the land immediately west of Missouri into two territories, Kansas and Nebraska.