The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854

The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854 / edited by John R. Wunder and Joann M. Ross.

The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854 turns upside down the traditional way of thinking about one of the most important laws ever passed in American history. The act that created Nebraska and Kansas also, in effect, abolished the Missouri Compromise, which had prohibited slavery in the region since 1820....

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Övriga upphovsmän: Wunder, John R., Ross, Joann M.
Materialtyp: E-bok
Språk:English
Publicerad: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.
Serie:Law in the American West.
Ämnen:
United States. > Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Kansas-Nebraska Act (United States)
1800-1899
Law > Nebraska > History > 19th century.
Law > Kansas > History > 19th century.
Sovereignty > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Political culture > United States > Case studies.
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Law
Political culture
Slavery > Political aspects
Sovereignty
Expansie (macht)
Uitbreidingen.
Slavernij.
Nebraska > History > 19th century.
Kansas > History > 1854-1861.
Kansas
Nebraska
United States
Kansas.
Nebraska.
Case studies
History
Länkar:Click for online access
Innehållsförteckning:
  • An eclipse of the sun / John R. Wunder and Joann M. Ross
  • The Kansas-Nebraska Act in American political culture / Mark E. Neely, Jr.
  • Nebraska and Kansas territories in American legal culture / Brenden Rensink
  • Stephen A. Douglas and the Kansas-Nebraska Act / James A. Rawley
  • Lincoln's firebell / Phillip S. Paludan
  • Frederick Douglass and the Kansas-Nebraska Act / Tekla Ali Johnson
  • Unpopular sovereignty / Walter C. Rucker
  • Where popular sovereignty worked / Nicole Etcheson.

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