Question

Why was the kanasas Nebraska act protested by northerners

Answer 1

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed each territory to decide the issue of slavery on the basis of popular sovereignty. Kansas with slavery would violate the Missouri Compromise, which had kept the Union from falling apart for the last thirty-four years

Answer 2

Northerners didnt want slavery, so they didnt want the kansas nebraska act, which repealed the missouri compromise