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The primary reason for the passage of the Kansas - Nebraska Act was:

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organize the Nebraska and Kansas Territories for the purpose of building the transcontinental railroad

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Following the passage of the Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854, violence erupted over the issue of slavery in what location?

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Kansas

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In 1856, violence over slavery erupted in the U. S. capital when which of the following actions occurred: Preston Brooks hit Charles Sumner over the head with a cane, Abe Lincoln hit Stephen Douglas over the head with a cane, John C. Calhoun hit Daniel Webster over the head with a cane, Nancy Pelosi hit Mitch McConnell over the head with a cane?

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Preston Brooks hit Charles Sumner over the head with a cane.

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The primary focus of the Republican Party on the issue of slavery was: called for an immediate end to slavery, called for the end of the expansion of slavery into new territories, called for a gradual end to slavery dependent upon the advancement of technology, left the slavery question up to Abraham Lincoln.

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called for the end of the expansion of slavery into new territories

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The Supreme Court decision in the 1857 Dred Scott Case resulted in all the following EXCEPT: Dred Scott had no right to sue in federal court as he was African American and the framers of the Constitution did not intend for African Americans to be citizens, Congress did not have the power to deprive any person of property without due process of the law; if slaves were property, then Congress could not exclude slavery from any federal territory, The Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional, Dred Scott case was not heard in the Supreme Court as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was a slave owner

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Dred Scott case was not heard in the Supreme Court as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was a slave owner