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Explain the reasons for the Kansas-Nebraska Act

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The Kansas/Nebraska Act was passed as the loggerhead over slavery in Kansas and Nebraska was preventing a railroad from being built.

Senator Douglas and President Pierce drafted the bill and signed it to allow for the passage of the Transcontinental Railroad

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