The Lecompton Constitution Was Written So That Kansas

The Lecompton Constitution was written so that Kansas

A) could enter the Union as either a slave state or a free state.
B) would hold a popular referendum on slavery after admission to the Union.
C) would permit temporary residents like the abolitionists and border ruffians to vote.
D) would allow slavery but prohibit the slave trade.
E) would continue to permit slavery for owners of slaves who held slaves in Kansas at the time of the ratification vote, even if the voters of Kansas enacted the Lecompton Constitution "without slavery."

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