SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
TENSION OVER SLAVERY IN THE 1850S
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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let new territories choose whether or not they would allow slavery.
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make Chicago the most powerful state in the country.
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prevent the United States from entering into a civil war.
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make it easier for people to travel across the country.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty.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-2: -The Kansas-Nebraska act made it possible for the Kansas and Nebraska territories (shown in orange) to open to slavery. The Missouri Compromise had prevented this from happening since 1820.
Detailed explanation-3: -However, the Kansas-Nebraska Act in itself was a pro-southern piece of legislation because it repealed the Missouri Compromise, thus opening up the potential for slavery to exist in the unorganized territories of the Louisiana Purchase, which was impossible under the Missouri Compromise.
Detailed explanation-4: -What did the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act have in common? They both insisted on the removal of slavery in the territories.