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The Kansas-Nebraska Act (3-1)

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  • Q1
    When was the Kansas-Nebraska Act signed into law?
    1875
    1854
    1863
    1846
    30s
  • Q2
    Who introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
    Stephen A. Douglas
    Jefferson Davis
    Abraham Lincoln
    John C. Calhoun
    30s
  • Q3
    What was the purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
    To allow popular sovereignty in the territories
    To abolish slavery in the territories
    To create new states
    To expand slavery into the North
    30s
  • Q4
    What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do to the Missouri Compromise?
    Modified it
    Ignored it
    Strengthened it
    Repealed it
    30s
  • Q5
    What was the main consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
    Increased tensions between North and South
    Abolition of slavery
    Expansion of slavery into new territories
    Creation of new states
    30s
  • Q6
    Who opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
    Southern slaveholders
    Eastern businessmen
    Western settlers
    Northern abolitionists
    30s
  • Q7
    What was the result of the violence in Kansas following the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
    Bleeding Kansas
    Creation of a new state
    Peaceful resolution
    Expansion of slavery
    30s
  • Q8
    What political party emerged in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
    Green Party
    Whig Party
    Republican Party
    Democratic Party
    30s
  • Q9
    Who won the presidency in 1860, partly due to the contentious issues surrounding the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
    Abraham Lincoln
    James Buchanan
    Stephen A. Douglas
    John C. Breckinridge
    30s
  • Q10
    What was the final outcome of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
    It was a success
    It was declared unconstitutional
    It led to the Civil War
    It was repealed
    30s

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