When Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 its purpose was to repeal the Missouri Compromise and create two new territories and allow for...

Little-Known Effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
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When Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 its purpose was to repeal the Missouri Compromise and create two new territories and allow for...
When Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 its purpose was to repeal the Missouri Compromise and create two new territories and allow for...
David Starr Hoyt’s peace attempt proved fatal. David Starr Hoyt was an early casualty of “Bleeding Kansas.” In the mid-1850s, he was a leader of...
May 21, 1856. Some 800 pro-slavery men sacked the free-state town of Lawrence, Kansas. Two newspapers, a hotel and the home of the former state...