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Kansas-Nebraska Act (697 words) |
 | Territory north of the 40th parallel was called Nebraska Territory, and territory south of the 40th parallel was called Kansas Territory. |
| This act granted self-determination to the citizens of the new territory on the question of slavery. |
| For this reason, almost all of the newspapers in the territory took a stance that was clear to the reader of whether the paper was for or against slavery. |
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Nebraska - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta (5109 words) |
| The Nebraska Territory comprised a vast region bordered on the north by the 49th parallel (the Canadian frontier) and on the south by the 40th parallel (just north of Kansas) and extended from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains. |
| Nebraska enacted a direct primary for the nomination of political candidates, and in 1912, George W. Norris, a Republican who also believed in an active government, was elected to the first of his five successive terms in the U.S. Senate. |
| Nebraska’s State Council of Defense was given broad powers of investigation to ensure uniform support for the war and created an atmosphere of persecution for German Americans and those who opposed the war or expressed radical political views. |
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