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WorksheetsKansas-Nebraska Act Knowledge Check
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Before 1854, slavery was banned from remaining Louisiana Purchase territory under the terms of _____.
a)
The compromise of 1850
b)
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
c)
The 1820 Missouri Compromise
d)
The Wilmot Proviso
2.
Democrat Stephen A. Douglas sponsored what became known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act because ______.
a)
He opposed the expansion of slavery into western territories
b)
He was a southerner
c)
He was an abolitionist
d)
He supported construction of a transcontinental railroad
3.
Many northerners opposed passage of Douglas' proposal because_______
a)
It repealed the time-honored Missouri Compromise
b)
It provided for a transcontinental railroad along a southern route
c)
It included the admission of two new slave states to the Union
d)
Most were abolitionists by the 1850s
4.
Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in _______.
a)
Douglas's defeat in his re-election bid
b)
The collapse of the already weakened Whig party
c)
The disappearance of the Democratic party
d)
The secession of several southern states
5.
The new Republican Party ______.
a)
Drew support from many southerners
b)
Was dedicated to a ban on the extension of slavery
c)
Supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Enjoyed victory in the Presidential election of 1856
6.
The party whose candidate won the presidency in 1852.
a)
Democrat
b)
Whig
c)
Republican
d)
Free Soil
7.
The abolitionist who led an attack along the Pottawatomie Creek with broad swords.
a)
Stephen Douglas
b)
Charles Sumner
c)
John Brown
d)
Preston Brooks
8.
The man who beat a Senator unconscious with a cane
a)
Charles Sumner
b)
Preston Brooks
c)
John Brown
d)
Stephen Douglas
9.
A territory with two governments in 1856
a)
Kansas
b)
Nebraska
c)
Missouri
d)
Naine
10.
An act of violence where pro-slavery forces sought out anti-slavery members to punish them for treason.
a)
Sack of Lawrence
b)
Pottawatomie Massacre
c)
Bleeding Kansas
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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