The Kansas-Nebraska Act was signed into law by President Franklin Pierce on May 30 amid increasing hostility in the halls of power in Washington, D.C., and amid increasing groundswell of opposition.

In 1854, pro-slavery politician Stephen Douglas’ Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the 1920 Missouri Compromise which disallowed slavery north of the 36 th parallel.

Bell Ringer: Kansas-Nebraska Act Kansas-Nebraska Act Tim Rues talks about the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. ** This clip is part of C-SPAN Classroom's FREE resources for teachers and students.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 organized both territories to be defined federally “beginning at a point on the Missouri River where the 40th Parallel of north latitude crosses the same; thence ...