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WorksheetsKansas Nebraska Act Pop Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The Missouri Compromise, The Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to
end fighting between midwestern farmers and native American Indians
encourage manufacturing in the west
increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections
settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories
Which of the following describes "Bleeding Kansas"?
A violent slave uprising led by Joseph Cinque
Violence in Kansas between proslavery and antislavery settlers prior to the Civil War
The turning point of the Civil War, in which Robert E. Lee's army was routed from Kansas
The devastation caused by a tornado in Kansas in 1854, which killed 55 people
Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
California
Maine
Missouri
Texas
Which politician from Kentucky was instrumental in creating the Compromise of 1850? Hint: He also was key in passing the Missouri Compromise in 1820,
Henry Clay
John Quincy Adams
John C. Calhoun
Abraham Lincoln
The idea that political power belongs to the people is called______________. It allows the people to make decisions about who will represent them in government and what laws will be established.
Popular Sovereignty
Checks and Balances
Federalism
Separation of Powers
What term means to formally withdraw from something? Like when Southern states wanted to leave the United States.
cede
secede
repeal
annex
After the Fugitive Slave Act was passed in 1850, some 343 fugitive slave cases were heard over the next 10 years. How many of those cases resulted in accused fugitive slaves being declared free?
11
249
131
36
What was the name of the Senator who was attacked by Congressman Preston Brooks on May 22, 1856?
Stephen Douglas
Charles Sumner
Henry Clay
John Brown
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Tubman
Mary Todd
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Eliza Harris
What did Lincoln say to Harriet Beecher Stow
"Your book is not as good as everyone says it is"
"Why did you write a book to start this war?"
"So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!"
"You are too little to have started such a big war by writing a huge book"
