Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act anger Americans in the North?
(A) It effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise
(B) It split both the Whig and Democratic Parties
(C) It led to shocking violence in Kansas
(D) It contradicted Southern concessions made in the Compromise of 1850
Ans: (A) It effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise
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What will be an ideal response?
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