Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) An Act of the US Congress concerning slavery. Following the
MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR, the
COMPROMISE OF 1850 had allowed
SQUATTERS in New Mexico and Utah to decide by referendum whether they would enter the Union as “free” or “slave” states. This was contrary to the earlier
MISSOURI COMPROMISE. The Act of 1854 declared that in Kansas and Nebraska a decision on slavery would also be allowed, by holding a referendum. Tensions erupted between pro-and anti-slavery groups, which in Kansas led to violence (1855–57). Those who deplored the Act formed a new political organization, the
REPUBLICAN PARTY, pledged to oppose slavery in the Territories. Kansas was to be admitted as a free state in 1861, and Nebraska in 1867.
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BUREAU OF RECLAMATION FUNDS DROUGHT RELIEF PROJECTS IN KANSAS, NEBRASKA
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/2/2007; 700+ words
; ...the Supplemental Appropriations Act signed on May 27, 2007. A total...The drought funding for the Nebraska and Kansas projects will be administered through Reclamation's Nebraska-Kansas Area Office in Grand Island...
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Bleeding Kansas.(Kansas-Nebraska Act)
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 1/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...Compromise of 1820, but a new piece of legislation threatened that in May 1854. The Kansas-Nebraska Act created the new territories of Kansas and Nebraska out of some of the lands acquired under the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. The act also...
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Speech marks anniversary of Kansas-Nebraska Act
News Wire article from: University Wire; 9/21/2004; ; 645 words
; ...lectures commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Neely, a professor at Pennsylvania State...most divisive political issues of the time. "The Kansas-Nebraska Act was the most disastrous piece of legislation...
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White House Invites Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma Press for Day of Briefings on Health Security Act
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 3/8/1994; 402 words
; ...will host media from Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma for a series...President's Health Security Act. The media "Day at...the White House" for Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma press corps...COVERAGE: Reporters from Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska...
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White House to Host Regional Media From Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma for a Day of Briefings on President's Health Security Act
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 3/17/1994; 700+ words
; ...host regional media from Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma for a series...President's Health Security Act. The media "Day at...and OPEN PRESS for all Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma media who...SECURITY PLAN ON NEBRASKA, KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA *Please...
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IOWA TRIBE IN KANSAS, NEBRASKA BENEFITS FROM RECOVERY ACT FUNDS TO IMPROVE WATER SERVICES
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/11/2009; 516 words
; KANSAS CITY, Kan., July 8...release: The Iowa Tribe in Kansas and Nebraska will have improved access...Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The U.S. Environmental...Program through EPA Recovery Act funds. The projects exceed...
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Dereg In Three States May Hinge On Agents.(insurance industry deregulation in Kansas, Virginia, and Nebraska)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management; 1/31/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...vice president of the Kansas Association of Insurance...Mr. Morris said that Kansas agents had expressed...agent opposition to the Kansas bill, said it was...Services Modernization Act]. "I hope there is...the agents have." In Nebraska, in contrast, the Independent...
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WASHINGTON: Human Remains Determined to be Affiliated with Ho-Chunk Nation, Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 10/31/2007; 700+ words
; ...Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Officials of the Oregon State...of Wisconsin and Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska. Representatives of any other...of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community...
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CMS SELECTS WISCONSIN TO ADMINISTER MEDICARE CLAIMS PAYMENT IN IOWA, KANSAS, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/7/2007; 700+ words
; ...Medicare claims payment in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. Wisconsin Physicians Service...the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA). By 2011...operational, the MAC for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska will be the contact for all...
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EPA REGION 7 COMPLETES WATER TESTING PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE WITH LABS IN IOWA, KANSAS, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/25/2008; 566 words
; ...to natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other...Iowa City, Iowa. * Kansas Health and Environmental...Jefferson City, Mo. * Nebraska Public Health Environmental...Laboratory, Lincoln, Neb. * Kansas City, Mo., Water Services Division Laboratory, Kansas City, Mo. * City of...
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT of 1854 organized the northern Great Plains into the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It also repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which had prohibited slavery's expansion into the territories...
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Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT (1854) The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was the one piece of legislation most...between North and South. Many northern voters regarded his Kansas-Nebraska Act as a betrayal of their key principles of free soil and free...
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Union in Crisis: The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Republican Party
Book article from: American Eras
...Union in Crisis: The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Republican Party...campaign to repeal the act. The Northern public...formed “ anti-Nebraska ” coalitions...demanding the repeal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Abraham Lincoln...
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Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854
Book article from: Major Acts of Congress
Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 James L. Huston Excerpt from the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1954 That the Constitution, and all Laws of the United States which are not locally inapplica ble, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory...
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Kansas‐Nebraska Act
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Kansas‐Nebraska Act (1854).The 1840s brought a...Territories reported a “Nebraska Bill” that, with subsequent amendments, became the Kansas‐Nebraska Act. Bowing to pressure from his...
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