Which statement best explains how the Kansas-Nebraska Act contributed to the tensions between the North and the South that led to the Civil War ?
a- The act gave abolitionist leaders enough seats in Congress to outlaw slavery throughout the United States.
B-The act allowed state governments to prevent fugitive slaves from being returned to their owners in the South.
C-The act led to violent conflicts between settlers in the Great Plains over the issue of expanding slavery to new territories.
D-The act prevented Southern slave owners from taking their slaves into federal territories without

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Which statement best explains how the Kansas-Nebraska Act contributed to the tensions between the North and the South that led to the Civil War ?
a- The act gave abolitionist leaders enough seats in Congress to outlaw slavery throughout the United States.
B-The act allowed state governments to prevent fugitive slaves from being returned to their owners in the South.
C-The act led to violent conflicts between settlers in the Great Plains over the issue of expanding slavery to new territories.
D-The act prevented Southern slave owners from taking their slaves into federal territories without

anonymous · Answer

C. This lead to the civil war in Kansas known as "Bleeding Kansas" where there was quite a bit of bloodshed.

anonymous · Answer

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