Question

How did the idea of popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories contradict the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

Answer 1

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The Compromise of 1820 had prohibited slavery in territories north of 36º30'N that were carved out of the Louisiana Territory, including Kansas and Nebraska. Popular sovereignty would have permitted slavery in those territories as long as the people who lived there voted to allow it.

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Answer 2

It started fights and the people argued about slavery.