SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
BLOODY KANSAS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The organization and moving of proslavery people to Kansas.
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The organization and moving of free state people to Kansas.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which best explains why Southerners in Congress supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act? It allowed slavery where the Missouri Compromise had banned it.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following BEST captures Stephen Douglas’ motivation for crafting the Kansas-Nebraska Act? The emergence of the Republican Party.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas, ” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.
Detailed explanation-4: -Kansas Entered the Union as a Free State. Kansas entered the union as a “free state, ” because of the Kansas-Nebraska Act that allowed the residents to decide if their state would allow slavery.