How Did the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott Decision Contribute to Civil War?
The Dred Scott decision and the Kansas Nebraska Act were like forerunners to the Civil War, contributing to the North and South’s hatred of each other. The North and South had been disagreeing with each other before both of these angered one or the other. The Dred Scott decision angered the North as it allowed for slave owners to move to free states and still control their slaves. The Kansas Nebraska Act angered the South as it introduced popular sovereignty and repealed the Missouri Compromise, which the South liked. Many things contributed to the starting of the Civil War such as Abe Lincoln’s election, Dred Scott decision, Kansas Nebraska Act, abolitionists movement, states rights, Charles Sumner’s attack, Fugitive Slave Act, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and the Lecompton Constitution rejection. The Dred Scott decision greatly angered the North and made the South glad. The decision made it possible for a slave owner, from a slave state, to bring any of their slaves to a free state and still c
