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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed the people in those territories to decide on the issue of slavery for themselves. Previously, slavery had been abolished in this area as a result of which legislation?
A. the Indian Removal Act
B. the Northwest Ordinance
OC. the Compromise of 1850
D. the Missouri Compromise

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D. the Missouri Compromise

The Missouri Compromise (1820) banned slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the 36°30' parallel; the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 effectively repealed that restriction by allowing popular sovereignty.