Question

The Kansas-Nebraska Act goes against the Missouri Compromise; instead of a state being free or slave based on their location, it was decided by a vote known as

Answer 1

the principle of "popular sovereignty." The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed the settlers in those territories to decide for themselves whether they would allow slavery or not, effectively repealing the Missouri Compromise, which had established a boundary line for the admission of free and slave states. Popular sovereignty was intended to resolve the contentious issue of slavery in new territories by allowing the residents to vote on the legality of slavery, leading to significant conflict and violence in what became known as "Bleeding Kansas."