Responses
It repealed the Missouri Compromise and made Kansas a slave territory.
It repealed the Missouri Compromise and made Kansas a slave territory.
It repealed the Missouri Compromise and granted Kansas popular sovereignty.
It repealed the Missouri Compromise and granted Kansas popular sovereignty.
It upheld the Missouri Compromise and made Kansas a free territory.
It upheld the Missouri Compromise and made Kansas a free territory.
It upheld the Missouri Compromise and combined the Kansas and Nebraska territories.
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The correct response is:
It repealed the Missouri Compromise and granted Kansas popular sovereignty.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act, enacted in 1854, effectively nullified the Missouri Compromise by allowing the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery through the principle of popular sovereignty.
