PART A: Which TWO of the following best identify the central ideas of this text?A. Senator Douglas made Kansas a slave state so that he could build a railroad that would benefit him and his state. B. Popular sovereignty in the Kansas-Nebraska Act voided the premises of the Missouri Compromise, which helped to keep the Union together.
C. The Free Soil government’s rebellion against Kansas’ just government was responsible for a large loss of life.
D. Pro-slavery forces in Missouri encouraged much of the destruction and violence that gripped Kansas in 1856.
E. While the pro-slavery Kansans made up a majority of the voting population, the anti-slavery Kansans eventually grabbed control of the state.
F. John Brown’s massacre inspired Representative Brooks to attack Senator Charles Sumner in the Senate Hall.