Question

After the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, residents clashed over the issue of slavery. The division came because the act provided that—

Answer 1

Douglas and Pierce hoped that popular sovereignty would help bring an end to the national debate over slavery, but the Kansas–Nebraska Act outraged Northerners. The division between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces caused by the Act was the death knell for the ailing Whig Party, which broke apart after the Act.