Why was the nickname for Kansas "Bleeding Kansas"?

Pro-slavery supporters and abolitionists clashed violently.

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act and what existing law did it overturn?

Split Kansas and Nebraska and overturned Missouri compromise

There were many battles in Kansas before the Civil War because ________.

Northerners were angry that it became a slave state.

What is Popular Sovereignty?

voting to decide the slavery issue

Which of the following was NOT a component of the Compromise of 1850?

Slavery is banned in Washington D.C.

The Fugitive Slave Act stated that ____.

all runaway slaves must be returned to their owners

How did California coming into the country affect things?

gave the North more free states

The Dred Scott decision made people angry because the U.S. Supreme Court said that _____.

slaves were property and had no rights

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To separate from a nation or state and become independent.
divorce
civil war
success
secede
2
Why was the nickname for Kansas "Bleeding Kansas"?
American settlers were slaughtered by Native Americans
Pro-slavery men and abolitionists killed Native Americans.
Pro-slavery supporters and abolitionists clashed violently.
The Kansas River turned red
3
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act and what existing law did it overturn?
Split Kansas and Nebraska and overturned Missouri compromise
Combined Kansas and Nebraska; overturned Compromise of 1850
Split Kansas and Nebraska and overturned the Homestead Act
Split Kansas and Nebraska; overturned Compromise of 1850
4
There were many battles in Kansas before the Civil War because ________.
There were not enough slaves in Kansas.
Some people were not allowed to vote about slavery.
Northerners were angry that it became a slave state.
5
Who won the presidential election of 1860?
Douglas
Lincoln
Breckenridge
Bell
6
Abraham Lincoln and ______ held many debates about slavery.
Stephen Douglas
George Washington
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
7
Many people learned about slavery from a book called ______.
The Abolitionists
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Life of Frederick Douglass
The Liberator
8
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
British involvement
states' rights
immigration
slavery
9
What is Popular Sovereignty?
voting to decide the slavery issue
using a line on a map to divide North and South
Having the president decide the slavery issue
not allowing new territories to enter
10
Which law repealed the Missouri Compromise?
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Popular sovereignty
Fugitive Slave Act
11
Which of the following was NOT a component of the Compromise of 1850?
Popular Soverignty will be used
Harsher Fugitive Slave Act
Slavery is banned in Washington D.C.
California enters as a Free State
12
The Fugitive Slave Act stated that ____.
the Underground Railroad must be stopped
there would be no more slave trade
all runaway slaves must be returned to their owners
runaway slaves would go to jail
13
How did California coming into the country affect things?
helped balance out the slave state free states
gave the South more slave states
weakened the economy of the USA
gave the North more free states
14
John Brown led a ______ against slavery.
treason
rebellion
conspiracy
newspaper
15
Who benefitted from the Fugitive Slave Act?
White abolitionists
plantation owners
Free Black Americans
escaped slaves
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The Dred Scott decision made people angry because the U.S. Supreme Court said that _____.
slaves were property and had no rights
Slavery was illegal in Missouri.
Dred Scott was freed
Scott's owner could move him to a slave state.

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