(“The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854,” John R. Wunder and Joann M. Ross, editors, University of Nebraska Press, 220 pages, $30 paperback.) One of the most important events to affect Nebraska came before ...
January 4, 1854 - A bill introduced by Sen. Stephen Douglas in January, 1854, divided the land west of Missouri into the territories of Kansas and Nebraska with the idea that the territories’ settlers ...
Born: November 23, 1804, Hillsborough, New Hampshire... Pierce's strong support for the Comrpromise of 1850 appeared to indicate that he was not going to press the issue of slavery. With the country ...
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