Slavery Expansion and Sectionalism · US History

Why did proslavery and antislavery groups rush settlers into Kansas after 1854?

  1. They wanted to influence the vote on whether Kansas would allow slavery
  2. They hoped to avoid political conflict in the territory
  3. They were required by a newly passed federal law to settle in the territory
  4. They wanted Kansas to remain permanently unorganized as a federal territory
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Correct answer: They wanted to influence the vote on whether Kansas would allow slavery

Because Kansas would decide the slavery issue through popular sovereignty, both sides tried to control the territorial vote. This competition led to fraud, intimidation, and violence.

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