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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 effectively undermined the Missouri Compromise by allowing the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to determine their own status regarding slavery through popular sovereignty. The Missouri Compromise had previously established a boundary line at the 36°30′ parallel, north of which slavery was prohibited. By permitting the possibility of slavery in areas where it had previously been banned, the Kansas-Nebraska Act reignited tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions, contributing to the sectional conflict leading up to the Civil War.

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