kansas-nebraska Lesson

The “border ruffians” from Missouri raid Lawrence, Kansas led to...

• Slavery was abolished in Kansas

• More Northerners prepared to move to Kansas

• Most of the Northerners left Kansas

• John Brown led an attack on a pro slavery settlement

What were the 2 major political parties in the presidential election of 1856, and who was the candidate for each party?

The following people were arrested under the Fugitive Slave Act. Check all that apply.

• White people who helped slaves escape

• Southern planters

• Runaway slaves

• People who refused to help slave catchers

Why did Stephen A. Douglas want to formally organize western territories?

• He wanted to abolish slavery

• He wanted to build a railroad

an agreement made by Congress in 1820 under which Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Compromise of 1850

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.

Lincoln believed slavery was moral.

• True

• False

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

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

• Abraham Lincoln

• Senator Stephen Douglas

• Frederick Douglas

• Dred Scott

Over what issue did the Republican Party form in 1854?

• favoring the spread of slavery west

• opposing the spread of slavery west

• keeping immigrants out of public office

• preventing the admission of new states