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One of Stephen Douglas's mistakes in proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act was
 
  a. not securing the transcontinental railroad for the North.
  b. overestimating the protest to the bill.
  c. allowing slavery to spread into new territory.
  d. underestimating the depth of northern opposition to the spread of slavery.
  e. believing that slavery could not survive in Kansas.

Question 2

Transportation in colonial America was
 
  a. surprisingly fast for the time.
  b. safer by road than by any other means.
  c. slow by any of the means available.
  d. so poor that no mail service was established until the 1800s.
  e. fast only on the waterways.


ladyjames123

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Reply #1 on: Jul 4, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

c


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