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What was the goal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Why did it fail?

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What was the goal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Why did it fail?

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The goal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was to create the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, open new lands, repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and allow settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries. The initial purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was to create opportunities for a Mideastern Transcontinental Railroad. The Kansas-Nebraska Act failed because it did not end the national conflict over slavery. Antislavery forces viewed the statute as a capitulation to the South, and many abandoned the Whig and Democratic parties to form the Republican Party. Kansas soon became a battleground over slavery.