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What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act formalize?

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not they should allow slavery in their state.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30

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