Question

How did supporting the Kansas-Nebraska Act benefit the South?
A. The Wilmot Proviso would be made stronger.
B. The Missouri Compromise would be expanded.
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C. Both Kansas and Nebraska would become slave states.
D. A new territory, Kansas, would likely become a slave state.

Answer 1

Answer:

C "Both Kansas and Nebraska would become slave states."

Explanation:

Officially titled "An Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas," this act repealed the Missouri Compromise, which had outlawed slavery above the 36º30' latitude in the Louisiana territories, and reopened the national struggle over slavery in the western territories.