SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
TENSION OVER SLAVERY IN THE 1850S
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Question
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What effect did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the country?
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It divided the country even further on slavery and led to the creation of the Republican party.
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It caused Congress to become more powerful than the president.
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It led to the rise of the Whig party, led by Abraham Lincoln.
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It made Stephen Douglas the most powerful man in the country.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty.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.
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