2. How did Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas intensify the conflict over slavery? a. Douglas took bribes from Southern slave owners to change the rules of the previous
compromises and allow Northern states to enter as slave states.
b. Northerners were depending on Kansas and Nebraska becoming free states and he
agreed to a compromise that hurt their cause.
c. In a betrayal to his political allies in the South, Douglas joined the free-soilers and
established a rival government in Kansas.
d. Despite being from Illinois, Douglas proposed the entry of Kansas and Nebraska
into the United States as slave states.