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The Territory of Nebraska was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until March 1, 1867, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Nebraska. The Nebraska Territory was created by the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854. The territorial capital was Omaha.
The history of the U.S. state of Nebraska dates back to its formation as a territory by the Kansas–Nebraska Act, passed by the United States Congress on May 30, 1854. The Nebraska Territory was settled extensively under the Homestead Act of 1862 during the 1860s, and in 1867 was admitted to the Union as the 37th U.S. state.
Oct 29, 2009 · Learn about the 1854 bill that organized the Nebraska Territory and repealed the Missouri Compromise, sparking the debate over slavery in the West. Find out how it influenced the Civil War, the Republican Party and Abraham Lincoln.
- In 1872, J. Sterling Morton proposed a holiday to promote the planting of trees in Nebraska. The first “Arbor Day”—in which an estimated 1 million trees were planted—was celebrated on April 10, 1872.
- The world’s largest exhibited mammoth skeleton was found on a farm in Lincoln County in 1922. Originating from the Late Pleistocene Era, “Archie” is on display at the University of Nebraska State Museum.
- Nebraska is the only state with a nonpartisan, unicameral legislature. Promoted by Senator George Norris for its efficiency, cost-effectiveness and ability to eliminate secretive conference committee meetings common in bicameral legislatures, Nebraska has been governed by a single-house legislature since 1937.
- On June 22, 2003, a record-setting hailstone with a circumference of 18.75 inches fell in Aurora. The storm left craters of up to 14 inches in the ground and caused roughly $500,000 in property damage and one million dollars in crop damage.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act began a chain of events in the Kansas Territory that foreshadowed the Civil War. He said he wanted to see Nebraska made into a territory and, to win southern support, proposed a southern state inclined to support slavery. It was Kansas.
May 30, 2023 · Learn how the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 organized Nebraska Territory for railroad and political purposes, and how it sparked the controversy over slavery and sectionalism. Explore the role of Senator Stephen A. Douglas and the Republican Party in the anti-Nebraska movement.
Nov 6, 2019 · Douglas defends the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which allowed the people of the territories to decide on slavery, as a principle of self-government and compromise. He argues that this principle was the basis of the American system and the source of the free states' emancipation from slavery.
