SC EOCEP USHC Practice Questions - South Carolina EOCEP U.S. History And The Constitution Exam

Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 lead directly to violent conflict known as 'Bleeding Kansas'?

It repealed the Missouri Compromise line and allowed territorial voters to decide the legality of slavery through popular sovereignty. It mandated the immediate emancipation of all enslaved individuals residing in Kansas Territory. It granted federal land grants exclusively to proslavery railroad companies. It prohibited Southern slaveholders from moving into Western territories.

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It repealed the Missouri Compromise line and allowed territorial voters to decide the legality of slavery through popular sovereignty.

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