<span>Section 1 and 19 of the 1854 act organized the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas. They were originally acquired by the United States from Mexico.</span>
The territories that were organized by sections 1 and 19 of the 1854 deal were the Nebraska Territory and the Kansas Territory.
Both territories were acquired in the Louisiana Purchase. The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the US and France. Before that, France held this huge territory, to finance the War in Europe, Napoleon chose to sell the land to the US. The US found the deal perfect because Thomas Jefferson was afraid that France would block the Mississipi exit from Americans.
