The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 1

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B: created two territories that would use popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue.

Question 2

The key figure behind the creation of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was

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B: Stephen Douglas.

Question 3

What does the name Bleeding Kansas refer to? Choose the best answer.

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A: the violence over slavery that took place in Kansas in the mid-1850s

Question 4

Question 4

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.: proslavery; .: antislavery; .: legal; .: slave state

Question 5

Which of the following are characteristics of the Underground Railroad. Check all that apply.

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A: It was a group of people who secretly helped enslaved people escape to the North.; D: People who helped were called “conductors.”

Question 6

Which of these choices describes John Brown? Choose the best answer.

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C: an antislavery man who led the Pottawatomie Massacre

Question 7

Which of these happened first?The Pottawatomie Massacre occurs.✔ Senator Douglas proposes a compromise.Fraudulent elections install a proslavery government.

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B: ✔ Senator Douglas proposes a compromise.

Question 8

As an abolitionist, John Brown is notable for his

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B: use of violence.

Question 9

In a short paragraph, describe what happened in Kansas between 1850 and 1860.

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Question 10

Douglas favored a compromise because he wanted the territory organized in order to

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A: build a railroad with Chicago at one end.

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