Question

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act influence enslavement?

A. It got rid of the Fugitive Slave Act, which meant that enslaved people were allowed to be citizens after being in a free state.

B. It followed the rule of the Missouri Compromise, admitting Nebraska as a state allowing enslavement and Kansas as a free state.

C. It removed the Missouri Compromise, allowing states to decide for themselves whether they could enslave people.

D. It changed the Compromise of 1850, forcing Kansas and Nebraska to become free states

Answer 1

It removed the Missouri Compromise, allowing states to decide for themselves whether they could enslave people.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 (10 Stat. 277) was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas, passed by the 33rd United States Congress, and signed into law by President Franklin Pierce. Douglas introduced the bill intending to open up new lands to develop and facilitate the construction of a transcontinental railroad, but the Kansas–Nebraska Act is most notable for effectively repealing the Missouri Compromise, stoking national tensions over slavery, and contributing to a series of armed conflicts known as "Bleeding Kansas".