Southerners supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act primarily because they thought that granting popular sovereignty would allow slavery. This act allowed the settlers of the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide through popular vote whether to allow slavery, which southerners believed would increase the chances of slavery being established in those new territories.
Question
Why did southerners support the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
(1 point)
Responses
They wanted to stop the spread of slavery to that region.
They wanted to stop the spread of slavery to that region.
They thought that granting popular sovereignty would allow slavery.
They thought that granting popular sovereignty would allow slavery.
They wanted to continue the rule established by the Missouri Compromise.
They wanted to continue the rule established by the Missouri Compromise.
They thought the region should continue to be one territory.
1 answer