The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Its Consequences

The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Its Consequences

6th - 8th Grade

10 Qs

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Its Consequences

The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Its Consequences

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6th - 8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were the two dominant political parties in the United States around 1850?

Democratic and Republican Parties

Whig and Federalist Parties

Democratic and Whig Parties

Republican and Federalist Parties

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main purpose of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

To abolish slavery in the entire nation

To create new territories in the West

To balance the number of slave and free states

To allow slavery in all new states

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the Democratic Senator from Illinois who found the Missouri Compromise inconvenient?

James Buchanan

Stephen A. Douglas

Abraham Lincoln

Alexander Stephens

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act propose regarding slavery in the new territories?

Slavery would be banned in both territories

The residents would decide the status of slavery

Slavery would be allowed in both territories

Congress would decide the status of slavery

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the reaction of Northerners to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

They supported it wholeheartedly

They saw it as a minor issue

They were indifferent

They were horrified and opposed it

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which new political party was founded by anti-slavery elements in 1854?

Federalist Party

Republican Party

Whig Party

Democratic Party

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What violent event in Kansas involved John Brown and his sons?

The Battle of Antietam

The Raid on Harpers Ferry

The Pottawatomie Massacre

The Battle of Gettysburg

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