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The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 7 • Survey of U.S. History - SS3313 IC

Who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

Answer
A
Stephen Douglas
B
Abraham Lincoln
C
Charles Sumner
D
John Brown

Explanation

Stephen Douglas proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854. The act organized the Kansas and Nebraska territories and allowed settlers to decide whether slavery would be permitted there through popular sovereignty. Abraham Lincoln opposed the act, while Charles Sumner and John Brown were not its proposers.

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