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...of America|U.S.]] law, passed in 1820 and in effect until 1854 (when the [[Kansas Nebraska Act]] overrode it), that balanced desires of northern states to prevent expansi ...that the country had become lawfully divided along sectarian lines. The [[Kansas Nebraska Act]] effectively repealed the bill in 1854, and the Supreme Court declared it

...state, but restricts anymore slavery north of 36° 30' line. Abrogated by [[Kansas Nebraska Act]] of 1854. *Democrat [[Stephen A. Douglas]] proposes the [[Kansas Nebraska Act|Kansas-Nebraska Bill]] to open good farmland to settlement (and help railro

...ver in 1854 he reopened the slavery question by the highly controversial [[Kansas Nebraska Act]] that allowed the people of the new territories to decide for themselves w Douglas set off a tremendous political upheaval by proposing the [[Kansas Nebraska Act]] in 1854. New laws were needed to allow for the settlement of the Nebrask

After the passage of the [[Kansas Nebraska Act]],1854, the border wars broke out in [[Kansas Territory]], where the questi

...March 4, 1853 until his death on November 9, 1856. There he opposed the [[Kansas Nebraska Act]] and watched the dissolution of his [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig Part

...n "border ruffians" threatened abolitionists there, Sumner denounced the [[Kansas Nebraska Act]] in the "Crime against Kansas" speech on May 19 and May 20, two days befor

...the Mexican war. However it escalated the issue of fugitive slaves. The [[Kansas Nebraska Act]] of 1854 undid the previous compromises and ignited the intensely divisive {{main|Kansas Nebraska Act}}

*May 30, 1854 -- [[Kansas Nebraska Act]]

...In the U.S. Senate, Houston was the only southerner to vote against the [[Kansas Nebraska Act]], which repealed the 1820 [[Missouri Compromise]]. Believing that slavery

...Republican party began as a spontaneous grass roots protest against the [[Kansas Nebraska Act]] of 1854, which allowed slavery into western territories where it had been

In reaction to the [[Kansas Nebraska Act]] of 1854, antislavery forces in the North formed a new party. The party of

...uld make the basic decisions. Douglas passed the extremely controversial [[Kansas Nebraska Act]] that opened Kansas up to settlers who would choose to make it a free stat ...in 1854, the old [[Second Party System]] broke down after passage of the [[Kansas Nebraska Act]]. The [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig Party]] disappeared, and the new [