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- 1. Multiple Choice
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
Who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Northern senators
Southern senators
Senator Stephen A. Douglas
Congressman David R. Atchison
- 3. Multiple Choice
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
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
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
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
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
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
Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act with the strongest support from
Northerners
Southerners
farmers
railroad workers
- 10. Multiple Choice
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
In May of 1856, a proslavery mob attacked the town of
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Lawrence Kansas
Omaha, Nebraska
Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas
- 12. Multiple Choice
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
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
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
Proslavery settlers who came to Kansas from Missouri in the 1800s were known as
abolitionists
border ruffians
Free-Soilers
slaveholders
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which event occurred first?
the Louisiana Purchase
the Missouri Compromise
the 1855 Kansas election
the Kansas-Nebraska Act
- 17. Multiple Choice
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
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
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
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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