As a Result of the Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

question 72

Multiple Choice

As a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, _________________.

• A) Northern states threatened to hold special state conventions for the purpose of declaring the act unconstitutional and thus null and void.
• B) a coalition of Northern Democrats withdrew from the Democratic party and formed the American Party.
• C) the Whig Party separated into Northern and Southern wings and was no longer able to operate as a national party.
• D) Southerners became more convinced than ever that Congress had become the puppet of antislavery advocates.

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