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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Kansas and Nebraska

Question 14 • LPS US History I (CR) - MP2

Which of these best describes John Brown, pictured here?

Answer
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

Explanation

John Brown was a militant antislavery supporter who led the Pottawatomie Massacre in Kansas in 1856. He was not a proslavery border ruffian, and he did not propose the Kansas-Nebraska Act; that act was introduced by Senator Stephen Douglas.

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