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Read about the essential repeal of the Missouri Compromise, which had established which states could be slave and which would be free for thirty years, with the rancorous passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. See who supported it and why, and find out what happened to the Whig Party as a result. A good map shows the potential for the spread of slavery into the territories because of the act.
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36 degrees 30' parallel, regional conflicts, ushistory.org, fugitive slave law, independence hall association, kansas-nebraska act of 1854, missouri compromise, nebraska territory, stephen douglas, formation of the republican party, opposition to the kansas-nebraska act, split in whig party, kansas-nebraska act, 1854
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- Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)