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Stephen Douglas proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854. This act opened the area of Kansas and Nebraska to which of the following people?
A. pro-slavery groups only
OB. pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups
OC. anti-slavery groups only
OD. Native Americans only

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B. pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups

Explanation: The Kansas–Nebraska Act implemented "popular sovereignty," letting settlers in those territories decide whether to allow slavery. That encouraged both pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers to move in and try to influence the outcome (leading to "Bleeding Kansas").