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Answer:
Your answer is 2. They thought that granting popular sovereignty would allow slavery.
Explanation:
The Popular Sovereignty clause in the Kansas-Nebraska Act meant the territories <em>might </em>allow slavery and enter the Union as slave states.
The answer is B) A series of actions by the Catholic Church intended to spread and defend the Catholic faith.
The counter-reformation was in response to the Protestant reformation, so the first answer is out of the question.
Martin Luthers own actions sparked the Protestant reformation, and as mentioned prior - it was a response to the Protestant reformation (however, during this time they did solidify the power of the pope).
The third option is the answer