Southerners supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act primarily because they thought that granting popular sovereignty would allow slavery. The Act allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery, which Southerners believed would enable the expansion of slavery into new territories.
Why did southerners support the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
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They thought that granting popular sovereignty would allow slavery.
They thought that granting popular sovereignty would allow slavery.
They wanted to stop the spread of slavery to that region.
They wanted to stop the spread of slavery to that region.
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.
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