Kansas & Nebraska Act Resolved The Kansas-Nebraska act was a proposal by Sen. Stephen A. Douglas which said that Kansas and Nebraska territory could be allowed to govern for itself whether or not to be a slave state or a free state. By a vote of its residents the territories would become a slave or a free state.This caused many fights between Northerners and Southerners. As a result many people were killed. This act was …showed first 75 words of 378 total…

…showed last 75 words of 378 total…slaves to tend their farm and tend the crops, what would slave owners do if they had to give up their slaves and hire people and pay them to do the work. The Kansas and Nebraska act was fair because it gave the people their choice and they would be more satisfied if they could decide on their own.The people could debate the issue and come up with a verdict that everybody agreed on.