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How did the Kansas-Nebraska act contradict the provisions of the Missouri Compromise?

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act flatly contradicted the provisions of the Missouri Compromise (under which slavery would have been barred from both territories); indeed, an amendment was added specifically repealing that compromise.

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