The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act angered many Free-Soilers primarily because it removed a ban on slavery and supported popular sovereignty. The act allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery, effectively repealing the Missouri Compromise, which had prohibited slavery in those territories. This led to fears among Free-Soilers that the expansion of slavery would disrupt the balance between free and slave states and undermine efforts to limit the spread of slavery in the nation.
Why did passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act anger many Free-Soilers?
It established slavery throughout the United States.
It established slavery in two new United States territories.
It removed a ban on slavery and supported popular sovereignty.
It upheld the Missouri Compromise, which they did not support.
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