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This Day in History - May 21: The Kansas-Nebraska Act passed in the U.S. House

May 21, 1854 - The Kansas-Nebraska Act passed in the U.S. House of Representatives in May, 1854. The bill, presented by Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois, organized the territories to allow the ...
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This Day in History - January 4: committee reports to the U.S. Senate a bill creating the Kansas-Nebraska Act

This Day in History - January 4: committee reports to the U.S. Senate a bill creating the Kansas-Nebraska Act January 4, 1854 - A bill introduced by Sen. Stephen Douglas in January, 1854, divided the ...
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What did the loss of much of Colorado mean to Kansas?

The Kansas Territory, created in 1854, originally extended west to the Rocky Mountains. Kansas gave up its western land, which is now part of Colorado, upon achieving statehood in 1861. The 1858 Pikes ...
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Early Kansas history was rich and sometimes tumultuous

The land that is now Kansas was acquired by the U.S. in the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. Before European settlement, the area was home to numerous Native American tribes for thousands of years. The 1854 ...