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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Kansas and Nebraska

Question 5 • LPS US History I (CR) - MP2

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Answer
A
combined two territories into one.
B
created two territories that would use popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue.
C
created two territories that would come in as free states under the terms of the Missouri Compromise.

Explanation

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 organized Kansas and Nebraska as separate territories. It let settlers in each territory decide whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty, effectively overturning the Missouri Compromise’s restriction on slavery north of 36°30′. So the correct choice is “created two territories that would use popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue.”

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