Conflicts Surrounding the Kansas-Nebraska Act

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

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

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

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

Who was the politician responsible for proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Stephen A. Douglas

• Archibald Dixon

• Franklin Pierce

• Abraham Lincoln