Kansas-Nebraska Act Cornell Notes
In 1854, Senator Douglas proposed the
creation of the Kansas and Nebraska
territories
What were the details of the KansasNebraska Act?
Each territory would use popular
sovereignty to decide if they would be
slave or free
The act terminated the Missouri
Compromise
Slavery could spread to all western
territories
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Adapted from: Dallek, Robert, Jesus Garcia, Donna Ogle, and C. Frederick Risinger. American History. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2008. Print.