Question

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

1.repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories
2.admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
3.banned slavery in the western territories
4.allowed slavery to continue in the western territories

Answer 1

Answer:
repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories

Step-by-step explanation:

The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas, passed by the 33rd United States Congress, and signed into law by President Franklin Pierce. Douglas introduced the bill intending to open up new lands to develop and facilitate the construction of a transcontinental railroad, but the Kansas–Nebraska Act is most notable for effectively repealing the Missouri Compromise, stoking national tensions over slavery, and contributing to a series of armed conflicts known as "Bleeding Kansas".