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Kansas and Nebraska

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

According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act,

Answer
A
all territories above the 36°30’ N line would be free, while those below it would allow slavery.
B
the people in each territory would vote on whether they wanted to allow slavery or not.
C
the territories of Kansas and Nebraska would enter the Union as slave states.
D
the territories of Kansas and Nebraska would enter the Union as free states.

Explanation

The Kansas-Nebraska Act used popular sovereignty: settlers in each territory would decide by vote whether to permit slavery. This choice replaced the restriction that had barred slavery north of the 36°30′ line in the Louisiana Purchase territory. Therefore, the correct choice is that people in each territory would vote on whether to allow slavery.

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