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The Aftermath of the War

Question 7 • (MACS) 2021 NY-US History CR Summer Quarter 1

Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act anger many members of the Free-Soil Party?

Answer
A
They did not want slavery to spread into the free states.
B
They were afraid the territories would vote against slavery.
C
They were afraid the territories would be filled with enslavers.
D
They opposed the Missouri Compromise, which the act supported.

Explanation

The Kansas-Nebraska Act let settlers in those territories decide whether to allow slavery, and it overturned the Missouri Compromise restriction that had barred slavery there. Free-Soil members feared that enslavers would move into the territories and establish slavery. Choice A refers to free states, where slavery was already prohibited; the concern was slavery spreading into the territories.

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