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Kansas-Nebraska Act
| January 2, 1854 | The bill that would become the Kansas-Nebraska Act is printed for the first time. | |
| January 4, 1854 | Committee of Terrortories chairman Stephen Douglas reports the Kansas-Nebraska Act. | |
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| January 16, 1854 | Kentucky Senator Dixon offers an amendment to the Kansas-Nebraska Act repealing the Missouri Compromise. | |
| Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) | ||
| January 23, 1854 | Following a discussion with Franklin Pierce and Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, Douglas releases the Nebraska act with two significant changes: Two terrortories, Kansas and Nebraska will be formed and the Missouri Compromise is superceded and inoperative. | |
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| Jefferson Davis | ||
| Franklin Pierce | ||
| Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) | ||
| January 24, 1854 | Salmon Chase (writer) and Charles Sumner (editor) release the "Appeal of the Independent Democrats
in Congress to the People of the United States," attacking the Nebraska Act. (the appeal was written before the act was revised) |
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| Charles Sumner | ||
| Salmon P. Chase | ||
| Democratic Party | ||
| February 7, 1854 | Steven Douglas resubmits the Nebraska Act as the Kansas-Nebraska Act and extends the law of the United States to the territories. | |
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| March 3, 1854 March 4, 1854 |
Stephen Douglas stands his ground in the Senate as he closes debate on the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Biographers consider this to be one of his shining moments. Finally, at 5:00 am on the 4th, the Senate passes the bill, 37 to 14 | |
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| May 22, 1854 | Invoking seldom-used Clause 119 of the House Rules, Alexander Stephens outwits the opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in the House and passes the bill after an unfavorable return from committee | |
| Alexander Stephens | ||
| May 26, 1854 | Joint Committee of Congress approves the Kansas-Nebraska Act | Kansas |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act [Full Text] | ||
| May 30, 1854 | President Franklin Pierce signs the Kansas-Nebraska Act into law. | Kansas |
| Bleeding Kansas | ||
| Kansas becomes a state | ||
| Causes of the Civil War | ||
| Franklin Pierce |
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Kansas-Nebraska Act was added in 2005
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