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Dred Scott and the Slavery Debate

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

What effects did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the two new territories? Check all of the boxes that apply.

Answer
A
Territories were allowed to decide whether or not they would allow slavery.
B
Both territories would become slaveholding territories.
C
Violence broke out between those who wanted free territories and those who didn’t.

Explanation

The Kansas-Nebraska Act used popular sovereignty, allowing settlers in each territory to decide whether to permit slavery, so A is correct. The opposing views led to violent conflict in Kansas between proslavery and antislavery settlers, making C correct. The act did not make both territories slaveholding, so B is incorrect.

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