One of Stephen Douglas's Mistakes in Proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act

question 34

Multiple Choice

One of Stephen Douglas's mistakes in proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act was

• A) not securing the transcontinental railroad for the North.
• B) overestimating the protest to the bill.
• C) allowing slavery to spread into new territory.
• D) underestimating the depth of northern opposition to the spread of slavery.
• E) believing that slavery could not survive in Kansas.

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