Which issue created conflict between the north and the south Kansas and Nebraska were added as territories? A. The power of local government in the new territories.
B. The legal status of slavery in the new territories.
C. The new territories representation in congress.
D. The geographic size of the new territories

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed each territory to decide the issue of slavery on the basis of popular sovereignty. Kansas with slavery would violate the Missouri Compromise, which had kept the Union from falling apart for the last thirty-four years. The long-standing compromise would have to be repealed.

Explanation:

1.3x - 2 - (3.3x + 5) = 2x + 1

1.3x - 2 - 3.3x - 5 = 2x + 1

-2x - 7 = 2x + 1

-7 = 4x + 1

-8 = 4x

x = -2