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Which law passed by Congress permitted the territories north of the 1820 Missouri Compromise 36° 30' latitude line to use popular sovereignty to determine if slavery wouldbe legal in its state?

A- Kansas-Nebraska Act

B- The Fugitive Slave Act

C- The Reconstruction Act

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The Kansas act allowed each territory to decide the issue of slavery on the basis of popular sovereignty
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