Kansas - Nebraska Act

  • High Hopes

    The initial purpose of this bill was to open up
    Thousands of new farms and to make feasible a Midwestern Transcontinental Railroad,
  • Decide For Themselves

    This would allow people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders,

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