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The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, allowing slavery in the territory north of the 36Â° 30Â´ latitude. Introduced by Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois, the Kansas-Nebraska Act stipulated that the issue of slavery would be decided by the residents of each territory, a concept known as popular sovereignty.
An Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was the third and last of the series of compromises enacted before the U.S. Civil War in an attempt to resolve the question of whether Slavery should be permitted in the western territories. Senator stephen a.