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Why did Southern senators initialy block the organization of the Kansas and Nebraska territories? O They thought the railroad that would be built there would only benefit the North. O They did not think the area's Indigenous peoples should be moved to Oklahoma. O They worried that the area's Indigenous peoples would be relocated to the South. O They were afraid the new free states would tip the balance in Congress against them.​

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They were afraid the new free states would tip the balance in Congress against them.​

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