How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act (and the events leading up to it) illustrate
the widening divide between northern
and southern states?
please help !

Those from the North generally opposed slavery in Kansas. Election fraud, intimidation, and some violence resulted, when the two sides began to contest the territory. ... The turmoil in Kansas contributed to the growing tension between the North and the South, which eventually led to the outbreak of the Civil War.

Wrong. The other guy said it was B well actually, it's c. Why?

Explanation:

Settlers who had lived in Texas prior to independence from Mexico typically received larger grants of land.