The Kansas Nebraska Act was designed and supported by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. His intention was to ease tensions over human bondage.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act also led to "Bleeding Kansas," a mini civil war that erupted in Kansas in 1856. Northerners and Southerners flooded Kansas in 1854 and 1855, determined to convert the future state to their view on slavery.