Asked by zyien steele

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 and anti-slavery groups
B.
anti-slavery groups only
C.
Native Americans only
D.
pro-slavery groups only

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A. pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups

The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), proposed by Stephen Douglas, established popular sovereignty for those territories—letting settlers decide whether to allow slavery. This drew both pro- and anti-slavery settlers (leading to violent conflict known as "Bleeding Kansas").