Multiple choice

The Kansas-Nebraska Act concerned which issue?

  1. the right of Northerners to own slaves

  2. the sale of federal lands to slave owners

  3. the expansion of slavery into new territories

  4. the return of slaves who had escaped from the South

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed settlers in those territories to decide whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty, which directly fueled the debate over the expansion of slavery.