Kansas and Nebraska - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

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Supporters of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

opposed slavery

supported small farmers

supported increased power for the states

believed it gave the states too much power

2.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

Who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Northern senators

Southern senators

Senator Stephen A. Douglas

Congressman David R. Atchison

3.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

The Kansas-Nebraska Act created the

states of Kansas and Nebraska

territories of Kansas and Nebraska

constitutions of Kansas and Nebraska

Indian territory in Kansas and Nebraska

4.

Multiple Choice

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According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act,

all territories above the 36°30’ N line would be free, while those below it would allow slavery

the people in each territory would vote on whether they wanted to allow slavery or not

the territories of Kansas and Nebraska would enter the Union as slave states

the territories of Kansas and Nebraska would enter the Union as free states

5.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

Which best explains why Southerners in Congress supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

it allowed slavery where the Missouri Compromise had banned it

it permitted the practice of slavery in all US territories

Southerners favored expanding the transcontinental railroad

Southerners believed strongly in popular sovereignty

6.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

Which best explains how the Kansas-Nebraska Act affected the Missouri Compromise?

it strengthened the Missouri Compromise by prohibiting slavery in states above the 36°30’ N line.

it overturned the Missouri Compromise by requiring slavery in states below the 36°30’ N line

it overturned the Missouri Compromise by allowing the possibility of slavery in states above the 36°30’ N line

it weakened the Missouri Compromise by allowing the possibility of slavery in states below the 36°30’ N line.

7.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Why did some Northerners in Congress disapprove of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

it could allow slavery to exist in Northern territories

it could force all Northern states to accept slavery

it did not allow for the expansion of the transcontinental railroad

it did not allow the people to decide the slavery issue for themselves

8.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

How did the United States acquire the land that became Kansas and Nebraska?

in the Kansas-Nebraska Act

as part of the Louisiana Purchase

in the Mexican-American War

as a purchase from Canada

9.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act with the strongest support from

Northerners

Southerners

farmers

railroad workers

10.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

In the 1800s, the US government wanted to keep the number of free states and slave states equal in order to

prevent one region from becoming more economically unstable than another

maintain a balance in Congress between representatives who supported slavery and those who opposed it

make it less likely that enslaved people would attempt to escape from a slave state

provide settlers in territories such as Kansas and Nebraska the right to vote on slavery for themselves

11.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

In May of 1856, a proslavery mob attacked the town of

Harpers Ferry, Virginia

Lawrence Kansas

Omaha, Nebraska

Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas

12.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

In 1856, an antislavery group led by John Brown killed settlers at

Harpers Ferry, Virginia

Lawrence, Kansas

Omaha, Nebraska

Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas

13.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

Which statement best describes the two competing constitutions in Kansas in 1855?

the two constitutions took opposite positions on the question of slavery

neither constitution was supported by the people of Kansas

both constitutions allowed slavery in Kansas for property owners

both constitutions considered Kansas to be a free territory

14.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

The main reason the Free-Soilers came to Kansas in the 1800s was

to ensure that the people of Kansas could be slaveholders

to ensure that Kansas voted to become a free state

to help free African-Americans move into the territory

to claim the free land they were promised in Kansas

15.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

Proslavery settlers who came to Kansas from Missouri in the 1800s were known as

abolitionists

border ruffians

Free-Soilers

slaveholders

16.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

Which event occurred first?

the Louisiana Purchase

the Missouri Compromise

the 1855 Kansas election

the Kansas-Nebraska Act

17.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

After passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Kansas

entered the Union as a free state

entered the Union as a slave state

fought war with Nebraska over slavery

voted on whether to allow slavery

18.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

What is popular sovereignty?

rule by a monarchy

rule by compromise

a vote by the people of a territory

a law passed by a legislature

19.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Why did Stephen Douglas want the Kansas-Nebraska Territory organized?

He wanted to halt the westward expansion of the US

He wanted a transcontinental railroad with a route through the territory

He wanted it organized as a first step to statehood

He wanted to prevent Mexico from annexing the territory

20.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

In the 1850s, the term "Bleeding Kansas" referred to

the mass departure of settlers from the Kansas Territory

battles fought during the Civil War

violence related to the issue of slavery

the forced relocation of American Indians

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