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- 1. Multiple ChoiceDemocrat Stephen A. Douglas sponsored what became known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act because ______.He opposed the expansion of slavery into western territoriesHe was a southernerHe was an abolitionistHe supported construction of a transcontinental railroad
- 2. Multiple ChoiceMany northerners opposed passage of Douglas' proposal because_______It repealed the time-honored Missouri CompromiseIt provided for a transcontinental railroad along a southern routeIt included the admission of two new slave states to the UnionMost were abolitionists by the 1850s
- 3. Multiple ChoicePassage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in _______.Douglas's defeat in his re-election bidThe collapse of the already weakened Whig partyThe disappearance of the Democratic partyThe secession of several southern states
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe new Republican Party ______.Drew support from many southernersWas dedicated to a ban on the extension of slaverySupported the Kansas-Nebraska ActEnjoyed victory in the Presidential election of 1856
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe party whose candidate won the presidency in 1852.DemocratWhigRepublicanFree Soil
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe abolitionist who led an attack along the Pottawatomie Creek with broad swords.Stephen DouglasCharles SumnerJohn BrownPreston Brooks
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe man who beat a Senator unconscious with a caneCharles SumnerPreston BrooksJohn BrownStephen Douglas
- 8. Multiple ChoiceA territory with two governments in 1856KansasNebraskaMissouriMaine
- 9. Multiple ChoiceAn act of violence where pro-slavery forces sought out anti-slavery members to punish them for treason.Sack of LawrencePottawatomie MassacreBleeding KansasKansas-Nebraska Act
- 10. Multiple ChoiceBefore 1854, slavery was banned from remaining Louisiana Purchase territory under the terms of _____.The compromise of 1850The Northwest Ordinance of 1787The 1820 Missouri CompromiseThe Wilmot Proviso
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