WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas
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Kansas entered the Union as a slave state through popular sovereignty in 1854
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Nebraskan settlers who supported Ariel becoming human mo to Kansas
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the boundary established by the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was extended farther south
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty.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: -the return of slaves who had escaped from the South The Kansas-‐Nebraska Act was passed to allow for settlement in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. The act allowed for settlers to vote on whether or not the territory would have slavery. SS. 912.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´. The Kansas-Nebraska Act infuriated many in the North who considered the Missouri Compromise to be a long-standing binding agreement. In the pro-slavery South it was strongly supported.
Detailed explanation-4: -Anti-slavery supporters were outraged because, under the terms of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, slavery would have been outlawed in both territories since they were both north of the 36º30’ N dividing line between “slave” and “free” states. After months of debate, the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed on May 30, 1854.