Which act signed by Pierce nullified the Missouri Compromise?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Gadsden Purchase
Ostend Manifesto
Answer
The Kansas-Nebraska Act, signed by Franklin Pierce in 1854, nullified the Missouri Compromise. This act allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether to allow slavery, leading to violent conflict over the expansion of slavery in the American West.
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