SSUSH8E

SSUSH8E

SSUSH8 – Explore the relationship between slavery, growing north-south divisions, and westward expansion that led to the outbreak of the Civil War.

e. Evaluate the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the failure of popular sovereignty, Scott v. Sanford, John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry, and the election of 1860 as events leading to the Civil War.

Multiple Choice

True or False. In 1852 and 1853, Congress considered creating the territories of Kansas and Nebraska for settlement.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False. Stephen A. Douglas included a provision using popular sovereignty (rule by the people), which would allow the citizens of the territory to decide whether or not slavery would be allowed.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False. The Supreme Court did not rejected Scott's claim, ruling that no enslaved or free Black could be a citizen of the United States.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

True or False. In 1856, believing he was chosen by God to end slavery, Brown commanded family members and other abolitionists to attack proslavery settlers in Kansas killing five men.

• true

• false