What impact did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the old Missouri Compromise line that had been the longtime border for slavery?

It allowed the expansion of slavery north of the 36°30' line.

It had no effect Kansas was below the line.

The line would no longer be valid.

None, it just moved the line further west.

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Ignacio Wilson

17 November, 06:53

What impact did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the old Missouri Compromise line that had been the longtime border for slavery?

It allowed the expansion of slavery north of the 36°30' line.

It had no effect Kansas was below the line.

The line would no longer be valid.

None, it just moved the line further west.

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Abdullah Bradley · Answer 1

1. It allowed the expansion of slavery north of the 36°30' line.

2. The line would no longer be valid.

Explanation:

the kansas-nebraska act of 1854 (by Senator Stephen A. Douglas) repealed the missouri compromise of 1820. the missouri compromise had prohibited slavery north of the line 36°30' but because of the kansasa-nebraska act, that line wasn't valid anymore, and without that line being valid, slavery expanded north of the 36°30'. this act was supported by pro-slavery people but was not supported by anti-slavery people.