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What was an effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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It repealed the Missouri Compromise.

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It allowed territories to made final decisions on slavery issues according to popular sovereignty.

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This act of 1854 repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.The principle of popular sovereignty was applied in this act to allow the extension f slavery territories beyond the states at the South. This Act facilitated the starting of the Republican party.

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