Congress attempted to solve the dispute over the organization of the Nebraska Territory by allowing Nebraska to be organized according to popular sovereignty. This approach was part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which allowed the settlers in those territories to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery.
How did Congress attempt to solve the dispute over the organization of the Nebraska Territory?
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It split Nebraska into two distinct territories: Nebraska and Kansas.
It split Nebraska into two distinct territories: Nebraska and Kansas.
It allowed Nebraska to be organized according to popular sovereignty.
It allowed Nebraska to be organized according to popular sovereignty.
It required Nebraska to enter the Union as a slave state.
It required Nebraska to enter the Union as a slave state.
It required Kansas to enter the Union as a free state.
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