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Kansas-Nebraska Act and Border Warfare Quiz

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What was the primary cause of Bleeding Kansas?

Contention regarding the abolition or spread of slavery (correct)

Tensions between large plantation owners and settlers

Disputes over the westward expansion of the United States

Conflicts over political control in the newly forming state

Why did the economies of Southern states largely depend on the slave system?

To attract more settlers to dominate the territory

To support the political dominance of large plantation owners (correct)

To prevent its spread to new territories

To ensure the abolition or curtailment of slavery

What did Bleeding Kansas reflect regarding the United States?

Growing tensions regarding taxation policies

The increasing divide between Northern and Southern states over slavery (correct)

The struggle for women's suffrage rights

Rapid industrialization during the 19th century

What was the impact of each new state admitted to the union on Congress?

It resulted in the addition of two new senators and at least one representative. (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which piece of legislation allowed the recently acquired New Mexico and Utah territories to decide the issue of slavery for themselves?

The Compromise of 1850 (D) Signup and view all the answers

When did Bleeding Kansas begin, according to some historians?

November 1855 (D) Signup and view all the answers

What event is considered a prelude to the U.S. Civil War?

The Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which event involved the capture and execution of pro-slavery settlers by John Brown?

Pottawatomie Massacre (A) Signup and view all the answers

What was the immediate aftermath of Charles Sumner's fuming indictment against slavery in Congress?

The Brooks-Sumner Affair (D) Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary focus of the conflict in Bleeding Kansas?

Control of political power in the new state (C) Signup and view all the answers

What was the purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

To allow settlers in the territories to decide on the issue of slavery through voting (D) Signup and view all the answers

How did the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln impact the southern states' decision to secede from the Union?

It convinced the southern states that they had no other recourse than to secede (C) Signup and view all the answers

What did the Northern abolitionists do to make an example out of Kansas?

Organized funding for settlers to move to Kansas and vote to make it a free state (A) Signup and view all the answers

What did the Congressional inquiries into the elections in Kansas reveal?

Massive voter fraud by the pro-slavery forces (D) Signup and view all the answers

What was the result of the fight over the fate of Kansas as a free or slave state?

Kansas petitioned to join the U.S. and was accepted (C) Signup and view all the answers