The Kansas-Nebraska Act - Quiz - Edge -
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Which statement best describes the two competing constitutions in Kansas in 1855?
Neither constitution agreed on the subject of making slavery legal.
Neither constitu
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act - Quiz - Edge -
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Which statement best describes the two competing constitutions in Kansas in 1855?
Neither constitution agreed on the subject of making slavery legal.
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. ✔✔a. Neither constitution agreed on
the subject of making slavery legal.
Why did a group of abolitionists attack Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859?
They wanted to arm enslaved workers using the town's armory.
They wanted to create a place of safe refuge for fugitive slaves.
They wanted to show their support for the Border Ruffians.
They wanted to stop a violent uprising of enslaved workers. ✔✔a. They wanted to arm enslaved
workers using the town's armory.
In the 1800s, why did the US government want to keep the number of free states and slave states
equal?
to prevent one region from becoming more economically unstable than another and to keep the
US economy on an even keel
to maintain a balance in Congress between the number of representatives who supported slavery
compared to those who opposed it
to make it less likely that enslaved workers would attempt to escape a slave state to seek freedom
in a free state
to provide settlers in the territories the opportunity and the right to determine the issue of slavery
for themselves ✔✔b. to maintain a balance in Congress between the number of representatives
who supported slavery compared to those who opposed it
Who were the Border Ruffians from the mid-1800s?
proslavery settlers who came to Kansas from the neighboring state of Missouri
proslavery settlers who brought enslaved people to Kansas from the South
antislavery settlers who came to Kansas to work on the railroad
antislavery settlers who were sent to Kansas from the northeast ✔✔a. proslavery settlers who
came to Kansas from the neighboring state of Missouri
Why did the federal government remove American Indians from the Kansas and Nebraska
territories?
They wanted to protect the American Indians from attacks by settlers.
They wanted to extend the railroad and open the land to settlers.
The Missouri Compromise declared that they had to be removed.
Fighting from the Mexican-American War was extending into the area. ✔✔b. They wanted to
extend the railroad and open the land to settlers.
In the 1855 election in Kansas, the settlers voted
whether or not to allow the railroad to go through Kansas.
to select the representatives to Congress from Kansas.
whether or not to ratify a newly drafted constitution.
to choose a territorial government in Kansas. ✔✔d. to choose a territorial government in Kansas.
How did the Missouri Compromise attempt to settle the issue of slavery?
It decided that the use of enslaved labor would not be allowed in Missouri.
It declared that slavery would be forbidden in all Northern states.
It allowed the people in the new territories to decide the issue of slavery.
It divided the land into areas where slavery would and would not be allowed. ✔✔d. It divided
the land into areas where slavery would and would not be allowed.
Who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Sumner
John Brown ✔✔a. Stephen Douglas
In the mid-1800s, the Kansas and Nebraska territories were located
below the Missouri Compromise line.
above the Missouri Compromise line.
on land that had been part of the Republic of Texas.
on land that was part of the Mexican Cession. ✔✔b. above the Missouri Compromise line.
In the 1800s, Border Ruffians and Free Soilers both wanted to
influence the territorial elections in Kansas.
influence the territorial elections in Nebraska.
establish Nebraska as a free territory.
establish Kansas as a slave territory. ✔✔a. influence the territorial elections in Kansas.
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