Question

How did the United States acquire the land that became Kansas and Nebraska?

in the Kansas-Nebraska Act
as part of the Louisiana Purchase
in the Mexican-American War
as a purchase from Canada

Answer 1

Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the land that would become the Kansas and Nebraska Territories had to be "free states" where slavery would not be permitted. Due to its greater population than the South, the North also had control of the United States House of Representatives

Answer 2

Louisiana purchase

Step-by-step explanation:

in the map of the Louisiana purchase Nebraska and Kansas are 2 of the states that were apart of it