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What was the primary aim of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
What was the primary aim of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
- To divide the region into free and slave territories based on the 36°30’ line
- To ban slavery in the territories above the Missouri Compromise line
- To prevent settlers from making decisions about slavery in the territories
- To organize the Nebraska Territory and allow for popular sovereignty on the issue of slavery (correct)
What was the immediate consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
What was the immediate consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
- The exclusion of slavery from the territories covered by the Act
- Unanimous support from both northern and southern Democrats
- Increased conflict and tension between the North and South (correct)
- Peaceful resolution of the issue of slavery in the territories
What did the Missouri Compromise line exclude from the Nebraska Territory?
What did the Missouri Compromise line exclude from the Nebraska Territory?
- Slavery (correct)
- Missouri and Iowa
- Civil administration
- Settlers
What was the fundamental principle behind the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
What was the fundamental principle behind the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
Which group did not go along with the original bill introduced by Stephen Douglas?
Which group did not go along with the original bill introduced by Stephen Douglas?
'What made the Kansas-Nebraska Act a significant step towards secession and civil war?'
'What made the Kansas-Nebraska Act a significant step towards secession and civil war?'
What event is credited with dividing the Whig Party and driving many northern Democrats from the Democratic Party?
What event is credited with dividing the Whig Party and driving many northern Democrats from the Democratic Party?
In what territory did the violent clashes between pro-slavery settlers and free-soilers result in the deaths of over 200 people by late 1856?
In what territory did the violent clashes between pro-slavery settlers and free-soilers result in the deaths of over 200 people by late 1856?
Who was the radical abolitionist who, along with his sons and other men, butchered five pro-slavery settlers in Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas?
Who was the radical abolitionist who, along with his sons and other men, butchered five pro-slavery settlers in Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas?
Which senator was caned over 30 times by Congressman Preston Brooks in retaliation for a speech delivered in Congress?
Which senator was caned over 30 times by Congressman Preston Brooks in retaliation for a speech delivered in Congress?
The controversial Dred Scott v. Sandford case led to a Supreme Court ruling that Black Americans were not citizens and that Scott was considered property. Who was the Chief Justice who delivered this ruling?
The controversial Dred Scott v. Sandford case led to a Supreme Court ruling that Black Americans were not citizens and that Scott was considered property. Who was the Chief Justice who delivered this ruling?
Which party emerged as an opposition party formed by former Free Soilers, Whigs, and 'Anti-Nebraska' Democrats in response to the heated slavery debate?
Which party emerged as an opposition party formed by former Free Soilers, Whigs, and 'Anti-Nebraska' Democrats in response to the heated slavery debate?
In the 1852 election, which party won an easy victory over the crumbling Whigs, leading to their candidate Franklin Pierce garnering 254 electoral votes?
In the 1852 election, which party won an easy victory over the crumbling Whigs, leading to their candidate Franklin Pierce garnering 254 electoral votes?
