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WorksheetsKansas - Nebraska
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Supporters of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
opposed slavery.
supported small farmers.
supported increased power for the states.
believed it gave the states too much power.
Who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Northern senators
Southern senators
Senator Stephen A. Douglas
Congressman David R. Atchison
The Kansas-Nebraska Act created the
states of Kansas and Nebraska.
territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
constitutions of Kansas and Nebraska.
Indian territory in Kansas and Nebraska.
According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act,
all territories above the 36°30’ N line would be free, while those below it would allow slavery.
the people in each territory would vote on whether they wanted to allow slavery or not.
the territories of Kansas and Nebraska would enter the Union as slave states.
the territories of Kansas and Nebraska would enter the Union as free states.
Which best explains why Southerners in Congress supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
It allowed slavery where the Missouri Compromise had banned it.
It permitted the practice of slavery in all US territories.
Southerners favored expanding the transcontinental railroad.
Southerners believed strongly in popular sovereignty.
Which best explains how the Kansas-Nebraska Act affected the Missouri Compromise?
Which best explains how the Kansas-Nebraska Act affected the Missouri Compromise?
It overturned the Missouri Compromise by requiring slavery in states below the 36°30’ N line.
It overturned the Missouri Compromise by allowing the possibility of slavery in states above the 36°30’ N line.
It weakened the Missouri Compromise by allowing the possibility of slavery in states below the 36°30’ N line.
Why did some Northerners in Congress disapprove of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
It could allow slavery to exist in Northern territories.
It could force all Northern states to accept slavery.
It did not allow for the expansion of the transcontinental railroad.
It did not allow the people to decide the slavery issue for themselves.
How did the United States acquire the land that became Kansas and Nebraska?
in the Kansas-Nebraska Act
as part of the Louisiana Purchase
in the Mexican-American War
as a purchase from Canada
Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act with the strongest support from
Northerners
Southerners.
farmers.
railroad workers.
In the 1800s, the US government wanted to keep the number of free states and slave states equal in order to
prevent one region from becoming more economically unstable than another.
maintain a balance in Congress between representatives who supported slavery and those who opposed it.
make it less likely that enslaved people would attempt to escape from a slave state.
provide settlers in territories such as Kansas and Nebraska the right to vote on slavery for themselves.
In May of 1856, a proslavery mob attacked the town of
Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Lawrence, Kansas.
Omaha, Nebraska.
Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
In 1856, an antislavery group led by John Brown killed settlers at
Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Lawrence, Kansas.
Omaha, Nebraska.
Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
Which statement best describes the two competing constitutions in Kansas in 1855?
The two constitutions took opposite positions on the question of slavery.
Neither constitution was supported by the people of Kansas.
The two constitutions were produced by the Free Soilers.
Both constitutions allowed slavery in Kansas for property owners.
Both constitutions considered Kansas to be a free territory.
The main reason the Free-Soilers came to Kansas in the 1800s was
to ensure that the people of Kansas could be slaveholders.
to ensure that Kansas voted to become a free state.
to help free African Americans move into the territory.
to claim the free land they were promised in Kansas.
Proslavery settlers who came to Kansas from Missouri in the 1800s were known as
abolitionists.
border ruffians.
Free-Soilers.
slaveholders.
Which event occurred first?
the Louisiana Purchase
the Missouri Compromise
the 1855 Kansas election
the Kansas-Nebraska Act
