The Kansas- Nebraska Act of 1854 was a result of Stephen Douglass trying to organize the Nebraska territory. Within the act, he proposed to remove the Missouri Compromise, therefore allowing slavery into the region. The act also proposed the idea of splitting the territory into two territories, Nebraska would be north and adjacent to Iowa, on the other hand Kansas would be south and west of Missouri. Nebraska was intended to be a free state while Kansas was supposed to be free. This contributed to the Civil War because it caused the balance of the free states and the slave states to be off, therefore heating the debate of slavery in the states.
The Kansas- Nebraska Act of 1854 was a result of Stephen Douglass trying to organize the Nebraska territory. Within the act, he proposed to remove the Missouri Compromise, therefore allowing slavery into the region. The act also proposed the idea of splitting the territory into two territories, Nebraska would be north and adjacent to Iowa, on the other hand Kansas would be south and west of Missouri. Nebraska was intended to be a free state while Kansas was supposed to be free. This contributed to the Civil War because it caused the balance of the free states and the slave states to be off, therefore heating the debate of slavery in the states.
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