Kansas-Nebraska Act
1854
In 1854, Senator Stephen Douglas from Illinois proposed a bill to organize the vast Nebraska territory west of Iowa and Missouri (of the people). He want to unite the nation by reviving the idea of Manifest Destiny, Douglas proposed what would become known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The act allowed these states to vote for themselves whether or not they wanted slavery within their borders and it also allowed Douglas plan of a continental railroad that went through the north. his actions allowed popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery (of the people). This cancelled the Missouri compromise.