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Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Opened the territory to settlement • Contributed to clashes between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces • Proposed that the slave issue be resolved by a vote of the settlers
In what way did the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act contribute to ongoing struggles between anti-slavery and pro-slavery forces?

It protected slavery west of the Mississippi River.

It effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise.

It encouraged cotton farmers to move westward.

It created more free states than slave states.