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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´.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was introduced in order to divide the land near Missouri into two new territories---Kansas and Nebraska.

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act about?

  • The Act, passed in 1854, which later became a Law, was passed as a petition to divide the land to the west of Missouri, and debated that slavery could be practiced.
  • It went against or nullified the "Missouri Compromise", which was made, that prohibited the practice slavery to the North of Missouri and allowed the practice, to the South of Missouri.
  • It led to a violent conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in the two territories
  • It eventually led to the American Civil War.

Therefore, the above were provisions of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

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