"how did abolitionists react to the kansas-nebraska act? "

1) they praised popular sovereignty as the best way to end slavery and encouraged others to support it.

2) they set up a society to encourage people to move there so they could vote against allowing slavery.

3) they vilified stephen douglas as a southern sympathizer, ruining his reputation and political future.

4) they claimed that it would lead to violence and suggested that anti-slavery settlers leave the area.

Option 2 is correct They set up a society to encourage people to move there so they could vote against allowing slavery.

Despite fierce opposition from abolitionists and Free Soilers, as those who opposed extending slavery into new territories were known, the Senate passed the Nebraska bill.

Explanation:

Option 1 is incorrect They praised popular sovereignty as the best way to end slavery and encouraged others to support it.they didn’t praised sovereignty

Option 3 is incorrect Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois presented legislation in 1854 to form the Territory of Nebraska, which included what is now Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, and the Dakotas.

Option 4 is incorrect as they themselves encourage people to move there so they could vote against allowing slavery

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The right answer is:

2) They set up a society to encourage people to move there so they could vote against allowing slavery.

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