The Kansas- Nebraska Act

Question 1

This event started in _______.

Answer 1

1854.

Question 2

This was written by Illinois Senator _______ (nicknamed “Little Giant”) and _______ of South Carolina.

Answer 2

Stephen Douglas, Andrew Butler

Question 3

They created the ________ and _________ territories.

Answer 3

Kansas, Nebraska

Question 4

Opened up the ______________ to settlement.

Answer 4

Western lands

Question 5

Allowed for a possibility of a ________________ to eventually be developed.

Answer 5

Transcontinental Railroad

Question 6

Repealed the _________ compromise by allowing

______________ to decide the issue of slavery in the new territories.

Answer 6

Missouri, popular sovereignty

Question 7

Led to violence that became known as ____________

Answer 7

Bleeding Kansas