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Dred Scott and the Slavery Debate

Question 7 • RS AZ-US History A

What effect did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the two new territories?

Answer
A
Territories were allowed to decide whether they would allow slavery.
B
Both territories would become slaveholding territories.
C
Violence broke out between those who wanted free territories and those who didn’t.

Explanation

The Kansas-Nebraska Act let settlers in Kansas and Nebraska decide whether to allow slavery, a policy known as popular sovereignty. The dispute over slavery led to violent clashes, especially in Kansas, between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups. The act did not make both territories slaveholding, so B is incorrect.

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