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QuizMultiple Choice

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 10 • Survey of U.S. History - SS3313 IC

Which statement best describes the two competing constitutions in Kansas in 1855?

Answer
A
Neither constitution agreed on the subject of making slavery legal.
B
Neither constitution was supported by the people of Kansas.
C
Both constitutions allowed slavery in Kansas for property owners.
D
Both constitutions considered Kansas to be a free territory.

Explanation

The competing constitutions were the proslavery Lecompton Constitution and the antislavery Topeka Constitution. They disagreed directly over whether slavery should be legal in Kansas, so neither one agreed with the other on that issue. The other choices are incorrect because the constitutions took opposite positions on slavery, rather than both allowing it or both making Kansas free.

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