The Lecompton Constitution declared that Kansas
A) would be a slave state.
B) would be a free state.
C) would be reserved as an Indian Territory.
D) would postpone the question of slavery indefinitely.

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The Lecompton Constitution was a proposed Kansas state constitution drafted in 1857 by pro-slavery advocates. It sought to admit Kansas as a slave state, hence the correct answer is that it declared Kansas would be a slave state.

The Lecompton Constitution Declared That Kansas