The Kansas-Nebraska Act created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands
for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820
by allowing white male settlers in those territories to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery. I belive that the quote "The Civil War actually began in Kansas, not in Fort Sumter." is slightly correct, becasue this act paved the way for the American Civil War to begin.
for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820
by allowing white male settlers in those territories to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery. I belive that the quote "The Civil War actually began in Kansas, not in Fort Sumter." is slightly correct, becasue this act paved the way for the American Civil War to begin.