KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT


Meaning of KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT in English

/kan"zeuhs neuh bras"keuh/ , U.S. Hist.

the act of Congress in 1854 annulling the Missouri Compromise, providing for the organization of the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and permitting these territories self-determination on the question of slavery.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .