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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?

    <p>It resulted in the addition of two new senators and at least one representative.</p> 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?

    <p>The Compromise of 1850</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When did Bleeding Kansas begin, according to some historians?

    <p>November 1855</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>The Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Pottawatomie Massacre</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>The Brooks-Sumner Affair</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Control of political power in the new state</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

    <p>To allow settlers in the territories to decide on the issue of slavery through voting</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>It convinced the southern states that they had no other recourse than to secede</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Organized funding for settlers to move to Kansas and vote to make it a free state</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Massive voter fraud by the pro-slavery forces</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Kansas petitioned to join the U.S. and was accepted</p> Signup and view all the answers

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