Description. Tim Rues discussed the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the events that were included in "Bleeding Kansas." Bell Ringer Assignment. Why was the territory of Kansas significant nationally?

On this day in 1854, Abraham Lincoln, as a congressional candidate from Illinois, spoke out against the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which Congress had passed five months earlier. In his speech, the ...

Most historians would identify the Kansas-Nebraska Act as a significant marker on the road to war. Authored by Illinois Sen. Stephen Douglas, a proponent of popular sovereignty, ...

On this day in 1854, the House approved, 113-100, the Kansas-Nebraska Act. It repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, dampening chances of a peaceful resolution to the issue of slavery.

Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854, Redux. By Tony Blankley - March 26, 2010. Email. Print. Comments. We are now beginning to enter the Kansas-Nebraska Act stage of the socialist crisis of the Republic.

Historian Brown (The First Populist) recaps the passage of the “explosive” Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which he argues “profoundly affected the way that both northerners and southerners saw ...

Kansas-Nebraska Act. Tim Rues talks about the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. ** This clip is part of C-SPAN Classroom's FREE resources for teachers and students.