Was the Kansas Nebraska act attempted to solve the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty violence erupted as a result of the law
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was indeed an attempt to address the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty, allowing the residents of the territories to decide for themselves whether they would allow slavery or not. However, violence did erupt as a result of the Act, particularly in the territory of Kansas. Pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers clashed in a series of violent incidents known as "Bleeding Kansas," leading to numerous deaths and heightened tensions in the region. Ultimately, the Kansas-Nebraska Act failed to resolve the issue of slavery and instead intensified the divide between North and South.