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aug 20, 1854 - The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

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Date: 1854
Description: Proposed by Senator Stephen A. Douglas, this law created the Kansas and Nebraska territories, allowing settlers to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery (popular sovereignty). It effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise.
Impact: The act led to violent clashes between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in "Bleeding Kansas." It also resulted in the dissolution of the Whig Party and the rise of the Republican Party, which opposed the expansion of slavery.

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