False. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether they would allow slavery through the principle of popular sovereignty. However, it did not state that new states north of the Missouri Compromise line (which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30′) could enter as slave states. In fact, the act effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise, allowing the possibility of slavery in areas that had previously been free.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act said that new states north of the boundary would be able to enter as slave states if they chose to do so.
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