Kansas-Nebraska Act

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was an 1854 law opening the US territories of Kansas and Nebraska to popular sovereignty, the idea that the states' residents would decide whether or not to allow slavery. It had been proposed by Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas. This effectively nullified the earlier Missouri Compromise, as Kansas and Nebraska were both north of the compromise line. Abolitionists were upset at the possibility of slavery being allowed north of this line. The Act led to the violence Bleeding Kansas, where anti-slavery and pro-slavery militias clashed in Kansas. Multiple votes over slavery ended up taking place in Kansas, and they were rife with accusations of voter fraud.