Kansas and Nebraska

Supporters of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• opposed slavery

• supported small farmers

• supported increased power for the states

• believed it gave the states too much power

Who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Northern senators

• Southern senators

• Senator Stephen A. Douglas

• Congressman David R. Atchison

The Kansas-Nebraska Act created the

• states of Kansas and Nebraska

• territories of Kansas and Nebraska

• constitutions of Kansas and Nebraska

• Indian territory in Kansas and Nebraska

According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act,

• all territories above the 36°30’ N line would be free, while those below it would allow slavery

• the people in each territory would vote on whether they wanted to allow slavery or not

• the territories of Kansas and Nebraska would enter the Union as slave states

• the territories of Kansas and Nebraska would enter the Union as free states

Which best explains why Southerners in Congress supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• it allowed slavery where the Missouri Compromise had banned it

• it permitted the practice of slavery in all US territories

• Southerners favored expanding the transcontinental railroad

• Southerners believed strongly in popular sovereignty

Which best explains how the Kansas-Nebraska Act affected the Missouri Compromise?

• it strengthened the Missouri Compromise by prohibiting slavery in states above the 36°30’ N line.

• it overturned the Missouri Compromise by requiring slavery in states below the 36°30’ N line

• it overturned the Missouri Compromise by allowing the possibility of slavery in states above the 36°30’ N line

• it weakened the Missouri Compromise by allowing the possibility of slavery in states below the 36°30’ N line.

Why did some Northerners in Congress disapprove of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• it could allow slavery to exist in Northern territories

• it could force all Northern states to accept slavery

• it did not allow for the expansion of the transcontinental railroad

• it did not allow the people to decide the slavery issue for themselves

How did the United States acquire the land that became Kansas and Nebraska?

• in the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• as part of the Louisiana Purchase

• in the Mexican-American War

• as a purchase from Canada

Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act with the strongest support from

• Northerners

• Southerners

• farmers

• railroad workers

In the 1800s, the US government wanted to keep the number of free states and slave states equal in order to

• prevent one region from becoming more economically unstable than another

• maintain a balance in Congress between representatives who supported slavery and those who opposed it

• make it less likely that enslaved people would attempt to escape from a slave state

• provide settlers in territories such as Kansas and Nebraska the right to vote on slavery for themselves