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Kansas and Nebraska

Question 8 • LPS US History I (CR) - MP2

The main reason the Free-Soilers came to Kansas in the 1800s was

Answer
A
to ensure that the people of Kansas could be enslavers.
B
to ensure that Kansas voted to become a free state.
C
to help free Black people move into the territory.
D
to claim the free land they were promised in Kansas.

Explanation

Free-Soilers opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories. They came to Kansas to influence its territorial vote and make it a free state, rather than a place where slavery was legal. Their goal was not primarily to help Black people settle there or to claim promised land.

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