Question

¿What 3 things did the Kansas-Nebraska act caused?​

Answer 1

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Cause of Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854.
• It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.

• The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´.

Effect of Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed each territory to decide the issue of slavery on the basis of popular sovereignty.
• Kansas with slavery would violate the Missouri Compromise, which had kept the Union from falling apart for the last thirty-four years.
• The long-standing compromise would have to be repealed.

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