The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30 it led into decades called bloody kansas, where pro and anti slavery groups fought
The new deal created several government funded programs that helped employ many american citizens and it also set new regualtiosn for banks in order to prevent another economic depression.
