Which of the following best describes a similarity between the provisions of the Kansas-Nebraska Act that Richard Cordley describes and those the Wilmot Proviso? A. Each extended the rights of slave owners under the Constitution's due process clause.
B. Each proposed a legal solution to end the controversy over slavery in American territories.
C. Each reflected the North's growing ability to curtain slavery in the south and West.
D. Each promoted an equal power-sharing political arrangement between Northern and Southern states.