Missouri Compromise
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Many people were enraged at the Kansas-Nebraska act because it did away with the Missouri Compromise. The Kansas-Nebraska act was enacted in 1854.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
It created the Nebraska and Kansas territories. Repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Allowed settlers to determine if they wanted slavery or not.
The Missouri Compromise was repealed in the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which says that all states/territories above the 36 degrees 30 minutes latitude line were free states.
Undid the Compromise of 1820
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed in 1854. It repealed the original decision of the Missouri Compromise. It allowed states to vote whether or not to allow slavery.
The Missouri Compromise was effectively ended by the Kansas-Nebraska Act, however since there was still turmoil as to the "Bleeding Kansas" dispute, it was thought that the Kansas-Nebraska Act would be shortly overturned. The Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court further strengthened the elimination of the Missouri Compromise and the institution of slavery north of the Mason-Dixon Line by ruling that slaves were not able to take cases to court.
highlighted growing sectional differences
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