Which state did the Kansas-Nebraska Act, signed by Pierce, create?
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Arkansas
Answer
The Kansas-Nebraska Act, signed by Franklin Pierce in 1854, created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. The act allowed settlers in these territories to decide whether to allow slavery, which nullified the Missouri Compromise and led to violent conflict over the expansion of slavery in the American West.
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