Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! 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.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 led to a violent conflict known as Bleeding Kansas over whether the territory would be a free or slave state. The state has a complicated past that includes both ...

May 21, 1854 - The Kansas-Nebraska Act passed in the U.S. House of Representatives in May, 1854. The bill, presented by Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois, organized the territories to allow the ...

March 20, 1854 - The founding meeting of the Republican Party took place in Wisconsin on March 20, 1854. Former Whig Party members gathered to establish a new party to oppose the spread of slavery ...