Kansas–Nebraska Act Quiz

Who drafted the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854?

• Thomas Hart Benton

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen A. Douglas

• Franklin Pierce

Which president signed the Kansas–Nebraska Act into law?

• Franklin Pierce

• Andrew Johnson

• James Buchanan

• Abraham Lincoln

What was the main purpose of the Kansas–Nebraska Act?

• To establish a transcontinental railroad

• To create the territories of Kansas and Nebraska

• To ban slavery in the territories

• To repeal the Northwest Ordinance

What did the Kansas–Nebraska Act effectively repeal?

• Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Emancipation Proclamation

What was the policy of letting the voters of a territory decide whether or not slavery should exist in it called?

• Popular sovereignty

• Manifest Destiny

• Abolitionism

• Secessionism

Which event was a result of the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the tensions over slavery it inflamed?

• Lincoln–Douglas debates

• Ostend Manifesto

• Bleeding Kansas

• Panic of 1857

What did the Kansas–Nebraska Act lead to the creation of, after the ailing Whig Party broke apart?

• Republican Party

• Green Party

• Libertarian Party

• Democratic Party

In which year was the Kansas–Nebraska Act enacted into law?

• 1850

• 1852

• 1854

• 1856

What was the main purpose of the Compromise of 1850?

• To establish a transcontinental railroad

• To settle the debate over the issue of slavery in the territories

• To ban slavery in the territories

• To organize the territories of Nebraska and Kansas