USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It became law on May 30, 1854. The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas, ” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stephen Douglas, the sponsor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act as well as the most vocal supporter of popular sovereignty, was known as the “Little Giant” because of his small stature. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 may have been the single most significant event leading to the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-3: -Franklin Pierce signed An Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas into law on May 30, 1854. Written in an effort to arrest the escalating sectional controversy over the extension of slavery, the Kansas-Nebraska Act ironically fanned the flame of national division.