Kansas and Nebraska 100%
In two or three sentences, describe what happened in Kansas between 1850 and 1860.
Americans demanded that the territory be opened for settlement. Stephen Douglas wanted the territory organized for railroad construction. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. Kansas became a territory and allowed slavery. Battles occurred between free soilers and border ruffians. "Bleeding Kansas" followed a fraudulent election.
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.
Because they wanted the land for farms, To expand the railroads
According to the map shown, where was slavery prohibited following the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Check all of the boxes that apply.
California and Oregon
By 1850, slave states had more senators than free states?
False
The Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery in all new territories?
False
What is Lincoln's biggest complaint about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
It overturned a compromise, and people might not trust compromises made in the future.
In 1855, people from Missouri came to Kansas and voted to make it a...
Slave State
The key figure behind the Kansas-Nebraska Act was....
Stephen A. Douglas
Which of the following is Lincoln calling on to be restored?
The Missouri Compromise
Which of the following best describes how popular sovereignty was used to address the question of slavery in new territories?
The people of the territory would vote whether or not to allow slavery.
Douglas wanted the territory to be organized in order to expand...
The railroad
Which of these best describes John Brown, pictured here?
an antislavery supporter who led the Pottawatomie Massacre
Some northern states sent settlers to Kansas hoping to make it...
anti-slavery
The Kansas-Nebraska Act...
created two territories that would use popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue.
In nearby Missouri, slavery was
legal
The border ruffians were
pro slavery
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was supported by and seen as an advantage to...
supporters of slavery in the South.
What does the name "Bleeding Kansas" refer to? Choose the best answer.
the violence over slavery that took place in Kansas in the mid-1850s
Under the Missouri Compromise, the Kansas and Nebraska territories would not have slavery within their borders.
true
