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Kansas and Nebraska Answers

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1. The Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery in all new territories. true✔ false

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true
B
✔ false
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2. By 1850, slave states had more senators than free states. true✔ false

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true
B
✔ false
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3. Under the Missouri Compromise, the Kansas and Nebraska territories would not have slavery within their borders. ✔ truefalse

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✔ true
B
false
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Why did Americans in the early 1850s want to settle in the land that would become the Kansas and Nebraska territories? Check all of the boxes that apply.

A
because they wanted the land for farms
B
to force the removal of Indigenous peoples
C
to expand the railroads
D
to bring an end to slavery in the West
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act

A
combined two territories into one.
B
created two territories that would use popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue.
C
created two territories that would come in as free states under the terms of the Missouri Compromise.
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The key figure behind the Kansas-Nebraska Act was

A
John Brown.
B
Stephen A. Douglas.
C
Henry Clay.
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This quotation comes from a speech made by Illinois lawyer Abraham Lincoln in 1854 in response to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Which of the following is Lincoln calling on to be restored?

A
the Lecompton Constitution
B
the Missouri Compromise
C
popular sovereignty
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What is Lincoln’s biggest complaint about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

A
It would likely result in the spread of slavery into Nebraska.
B
It overturned a compromise, and people might not trust compromises made in the future.
C
It would result in the election of a new House of Representatives.
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What does the name “Bleeding Kansas” refer to? Choose the best answer.

A
the violence over slavery that took place in Kansas in the mid-1850s
B
the removal of Indigenous peoples in preparation for settlement in Kansas
C
the overturning of the Missouri Compromise
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The border ruffians were antislavery✔ proslavery.

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antislavery
B
✔ proslavery
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Some northern states sent settlers to Kansas hoping to make it ✔ antislaveryproslavery.

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✔ antislavery
B
proslavery
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In nearby Missouri, slavery was ✔ legalillegal.

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✔ legal
B
illegal
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In 1855, people from Missouri came to Kansas and voted to make it a ✔ slave statefree state.

A
✔ slave state
B
free state
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Which of these best describes John Brown, pictured here?

A
a proslavery border ruffian
B
a member of Congress who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act
C
an antislavery supporter who led the Pottawatomie Massacre
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According to the map shown, where was slavery prohibited following the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Check all of the boxes that apply.

A
California
B
Nebraska Territory
C
Oregon Territory
D
Kansas Territory
E
Missouri
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Which of the following best describes how popular sovereignty was used to address the question of slavery in new territories?

A
It left the decision about slavery in a territory up to Congress.
B
The people of the territory would vote whether or not to allow slavery.
C
The president would decide for any new territory whether or not it would have slavery.
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Douglas wanted the territory to be organized in order to expand ✔ the railroadslaveryIndigenous territory.

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✔ the railroad
B
slavery
C
Indigenous territory
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was supported by and seen as an advantage to

A
white people in the North.
B
border ruffians from Missouri.
C
supporters of slavery in the South.

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