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Douglas had already proposed the idea of allowing popular sovereignty in the territory.
Douglas had already proposed the idea of allowing popular sovereignty in the territory.
It would allow slavery to spread north of the line established by the Missouri Compromise.
It would allow slavery to spread north of the line established by the Missouri Compromise.
The Wilmot Proviso had already settled the issue of slave and free states.
The Wilmot Proviso had already settled the issue of slave and free states.
Douglas had rejected the idea of splitting the region into two
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The correct response is: It would allow slavery to spread north of the line established by the Missouri Compromise.
Northerners objected to dividing the Nebraska Territory because doing so would potentially allow for the expansion of slavery into areas that were north of the Missouri Compromise line, which had established a boundary between free and slave territories.
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