In 1858 President Buchanan sought statehood for Kansas
A. on the basis that slavery was now constitutionally illegal in the territories.
B. under the proslavery Lecompton Constitution.
C. with the understanding that the slavery issue was yet to be determined there by popular sovereignty.
D. with support only from Republicans.
Answer: B
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