The main political purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was to preserve the union. The unity of the United States has also been in danger because of the geographic divide created by slavery, and this act was created to make sure the southern states would not split. Rather than only creating Nebraska (which would most likely be a free state and throw off the balance of free versus slave states), the act was passed which created Kansas, which would most likely become a slave state. Had Kansas not been created the southern states would have gotten mad, and possibly split from the
The main political purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was to preserve the union. The unity of the United States has also been in danger because of the geographic divide created by slavery, and this act was created to make sure the southern states would not split. Rather than only creating Nebraska (which would most likely be a free state and throw off the balance of free versus slave states), the act was passed which created Kansas, which would most likely become a slave state. Had Kansas not been created the southern states would have gotten mad, and possibly split from the