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Why did Americans in the early 1850s want to

settle in the land that would become the Kansas
and Nebraska territories?
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User Arsena
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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

By the early 1850s settlers and entrepreneurs wanted to move into the area now known as Nebraska. ... He said he wanted to see Nebraska made into a territory and, to win southern support, proposed a southern state inclined to support slavery. It was Kansas.

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User Unsal
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Answer:

Because they wanted land for farms

To expand the railroads

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User Pallavi Tapkir
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