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jan 1, 1854 - Kansas-Nebraska Act

Description:

- Proposed that the issue of slavery be
decided by popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories, thus revoking the 1820 Missouri Compromise
- Introduced by Stephen Douglass in an effort to bring Nebraska into the Union and pave the way for a northern transcontinental railroad

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jan 1, 1854
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~ 172 years ago