Kansas Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas

Which of the following best defines “Popular Sovereignty?”

• a. Laws are created out of popular ideas                               

• b. People vote to decide on laws and government                

• c. It means to vote to outlaw slavery

• d. Citizens vote for the king or queen of their choice

What law did many northerners violate in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• a. Many northerners refused to serve 21-year-old southerners         

• b. Angry northerners began to drive over 70 mph in the South        

• c. They allowed open carry to lawful citizens

• d. They often resisted the Fugitive Slave Act

Which of the following answers best describes how the elections held in Kansas did not solve the problems there?

• a. Many Border Ruffians voted illegally in Kansas.             

• b. Two rival governments were elected                                

• c. The state had as many slaves as they did free people

• d. The US government denied statehood to Kansas

Which of the following best defines the Kansas/Nebraska Act?

• An act that made slavery a law in those territories

• It created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska

• It allowed for Popular Sovereignty in the territories

• The law allowed people from Missouri to vote in the territories

Which best defines who the Border Ruffians were?

• Men from Missouri who guarded the borders from trouble makers

• Men from Maine and Massacusetts that came to intimidate people from voting FOR slavery

• Men from Missouri who came to the K/N territories to intimidate people from voting AGAINST slavery

• The name of Mr. Hall's old girfriends from Pennsylvania

Which of the following best defines why the territory recieved the nickname Bleeding Kansas?

• The territory was established as a home for hemophiliacs

• Because of all the suffering the people went through to earn the right to vote

• Because of the thousands of deaths caused by the fighting between the North and South over two years

• Due to the 200 deaths brought on by the guerrilla warfare between pro and anti slavery forces