Kansas - Nebraska Act
     What to do about slavery in the territories? This presented a problem from the early 1800's with the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory to the late 1840's with the new land liberated from Mexico. As you visit the following sites look for information that answers or helps explain the following:
 

                                     1) Under the Missouri Compromise, the question of slavery in the new territory

                                          had been dealt with how

                                      2) Explain the Kansas - Nebraska Act

                                      3) Write an essay on " Bleeding Kansas "

                                      4) What role does Stephen Douglas play in solving this problem

                                      5) How did the Kansas - Nebraska Act contradict the Missouri Compromise
 
 
 
 
 
 
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