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Why did Kansas become the battleground over slavery?

It bordered Indian Territory.

It was the first time slavery tried to move into free territories.

It bordered the slave states of Missouri and Oklahoma.

There were no slaves living in the territory at the time.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Kansas become a political and natural Battleground for proslavery and antislavery forces. The Kansas Nebraska act set in motion a plan that was supposed to decide the Kansas question through a peaceful Democratic process

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