Kansas-Nebraska Act

What year was the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed?

• 1851

• 1853

• 1854

• 1856

This word means "before the war" (specifically, the American Civil War):

• guerilla

• popular sovereignty

• anticivilio

• antebellum

Relying on Popular Sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories was proposed by:

• Abraham Lincoln

• Senator Stephen Douglas

• Frederick Douglas

• Dred Scott

Dred Scott is famous for

• being the "Father of the Underground"

• the first African American to run for President

• being Abraham Lincoln's best friend

• a lawsuit in the Supreme Court to earn his freedom

John Brown and his sons:

• Hated slavery

• Helped people on the Underground Railroad

• Believed God sent them to confront slave owners

• Led violent raids (attacks) against slave owners in Kansas

As a result of John Brown's Raid in 1859 he:

• Was voted Mayor

• Became Vice President with Lincoln in 1860

• Was jailed, tried for treason, and executed

• Became the main character of Uncle Tom's Cabin

This image was painted in a court house in Kansas. It's central figure represents:

• Abraham Lincoln

• Manifest Destiny

• John Brown

• God

The nickname "Bleeding Kansas" came from

• The beautiful red colored waterfalls in Kansas

• The fact that Kansas had the worst doctors in the 1800s

• All of the violence and bloodshed in Kansas that resulted from the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• All the money that was being lost in Kansas due to the Gold Rush

"Popular Sovereignty" means

• A king or queen who reigns with a lot of support and his popular

• The right of the people living in a new territory to make a decision on slavery by vote

• The same as "Manifest Destiny," that the U.S. should continue to grow in territory

The "Free-Soil" Party was

• a political party that wanted every man over 18 to have a garden

• a political party that supported the Homestead Act for Pioneers

• a political party that wanted to STOP the spread of slavery