Multiple Choice
In 1854,why did Senator Stephen A.Douglas introduce a bill to extinguish Native American rights in the Great Plains and organize the northern segment of the Louisiana Purchase into a large territory called Nebraska?
A) He wanted to negate the Missouri Compromise and open the area to slaveholders.
B) He wanted to build a transcontinental railroad from Chicago to northern California.
C) He wanted to win support for his presidential candidacy among northern Democrats.
D) He wanted to disprove the allegation that the Great Plains area was a desert and thus unsuitable for settlement.
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