Kansas-Nebraska Act: Constitution of the State of Nebraska (March 1, 1866)

    Kansas-Nebraska Act: Constitution of the State of Nebraska (March 1, 1866)

      Slam-bolted together with serious speed by the Nebraska Legislature and approved by the Governor a mere five days later, the State's first Constitution might be one of the fastest government documents ever created in the history of the United States.

      Of course, speed has its price, and though this Constitution did some good stuff like prohibit slavery and uphold the freedoms written into the U.S. Constitution, it was replaced by a spiffier new version in 1875.