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Who saw to it that the repeal of the Missouri Compromise in the Kansas-Nebraska Act was adopted?

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This aspect of the bill in particular enraged the antislavery forces, but after three months of bitter debate in Congress, Douglas, backed by President Pierce and the Southerners, saw it adopted.

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