1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
levacccp [35]
3 years ago
13

Why did stephen a douglas propose the kansas nebraska act?

History
2 answers:
laila [671]3 years ago
7 0
To give the states an option on slavery
Lubov Fominskaja [6]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:  Senator Stephen Douglas proposed the bill that became the Kansas-Nebraska Act as a way of getting southern support for Nebraska  statehood.  Douglas was seeking to bring Nebraska into the Union in order to bring those lands under government authority and lay the groundwork for building a Midwestern route of transcontinental railroad that would run to Chicago and benefit his state (Illinois).  The compromise to gain support from the South was to create two states, Nebraska and Kansas, and allow voters in those areas to choose whether they'd be slave or free. The thought was that Kansas might end up as a slave state and Nebraska as a free state, thus maintaining the balance between free and slave states.

Further detail:

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was enacted by Congress in 1854. It granted popular sovereignty to the people in the Kansas and Nebraska territories, letting them decide whether they'd allow slavery.  In essence, this made the Kansas-Nebraska act a repeal of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which had said there would be no slavery north of latitude 36°30´ except for Missouri.

After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers rushed into Kansas to try to sway the outcome of the issue, and violence between the two sides occurred.  The term "bleeding Kansas" was used because of the bloodshed.  Kansas and Nebraska ended up as free states, but the Kansas-Nebraska Act had allowed the possibility that slavery could become slave states.

You might be interested in
How did England treat the colonies prior to the Revolution?
lozanna [386]
England treated the colonists unjustly, which is why they revolted against the crown and created their own nation. So the answer would be D. I hope this helps :)
6 0
3 years ago
From which two countries did a large number of immigrants come to the United States during the Industrial Revolution? Ireland Fr
Firlakuza [10]


Between 1841 and 1850  Ireland should be first and then Germany.


8 0
3 years ago
The New Jersey plan which was presented at the constitutional convention stated what?
KatRina [158]

New Jersey Plan. The New Jersey Plan (also known as the Small State Plan or the Paterson Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787.

8 0
3 years ago
(Time Order) Events are arranged in the order in which they happened *
S_A_V [24]

Answer:

the answer is true

Explanation:

answer is true

7 0
3 years ago
How/when did the united states officially enter world war ii?
geniusboy [140]
Although the war began with Nazi Germany's attack on Poland in September 1939, the United States did not enter the war until after the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941<span>.</span>
5 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • how did increase availability of land in the colonies create a space for political cultural experimentation​
    14·1 answer
  • Henry Clay was a strong supporter of ?
    6·1 answer
  • Click to review the online content. Then answer the question(s) below, using complete sentences. Scroll down to view additional
    11·1 answer
  • In a paragraph, analyze the Great Compromise during the Constitutional Convention. What problem did it solve? What were the alte
    14·2 answers
  • Use what you learned about Lincoln’s views on slavery to complete each sentence. Abraham Lincoln argued that slavery was
    8·2 answers
  • Which letter on this map represents the approximate location of the Gobi Desert?
    13·2 answers
  • Was the United States justified in its role in Imperialism?
    6·2 answers
  • How did imperialism lead to World War I? A. It led European nations to grow more isolated from one another politically as they t
    5·2 answers
  • What are 3 important beliefs in confucianism
    15·1 answer
  • A significant accomplishment of the Second Continental Congress<br> in 1778 was?
    7·2 answers
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!