This act was criticized in the Peoria Speech by Abraham Lincoln, and the Republican Party was created to fight this act.
During House debate over this act, Lewis Campbell's filibuster resulted in violence. This act was criticized in the Peoria Speech by Abraham Lincoln, and the Republican Party was created to fight this act. Designed by Stephen Douglas, it provided for popular (*) sovereignty to determine the status of slavery by repealing the Missouri Compromise. For 10 points, name this 1854 act that created the two namesake territories in the Great Plains.
During House debate over this act, Lewis Campbell's filibuster resulted in violence.
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854