
Conflicts Surrounding the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Authored by Robert Woodard
History
12th Grade

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
To preserve the balance of power between slave states and free states
To ban slavery in all American territories west of the Mississippi River
To allow the residents of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether they would be slave or free
To expand railroad infrastructure in the western territories
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which compromise preserved the balance of power between slave states and free states by bringing Missouri in as a slave state and Maine as a free state?
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
The Compromise of 1850
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in terms of slavery in Kansas?
Slavery was banned in Kansas
Slavery was allowed in Kansas
The decision on slavery in Kansas was left to the residents
Kansas became a free state
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the nickname given to the conflict in Kansas over the decision on slavery?
The Missouri Compromise
The Mexican-American War
Bleeding Kansas
The Civil War
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the politician responsible for proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Stephen A. Douglas
Archibald Dixon
Franklin Pierce
Abraham Lincoln
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