How did da Kansas-Nebraska Act affect da Missouri Compromise?

A ) it repealed da Missouri Compromise and made Kansas a slave territory

B ) It repealed da Missouri Compromise and granted Kansas popular sovereignty

C ) It unheld da Missouri Compromise and made Kansas a free torritory

D ) It upheld da Missouri Compromise and combined da Kansas and Nebraska territories

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The correct answer is:

B) It repealed da Missouri Compromise and granted Kansas popular sovereignty.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act, enacted in 1854, allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery through the principle of popular sovereignty, effectively nullifying the Missouri Compromise, which had previously prohibited slavery in those territories north of the 36°30′ parallel.