Kansas-Nebraska Act and Dred Scott

Kansas-Nebraska Act and Dred Scott

Assessment

Interactive Video

History

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

FREE Resource

The video discusses the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which aimed to establish territories and address slavery through popular sovereignty, leading to conflict known as Bleeding Kansas. It also covers the Dred Scott case, which ruled against a slave's freedom and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. Finally, it highlights John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, a pivotal event that escalated tensions leading to the Civil War.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary motivation behind the introduction of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

To maintain the Missouri Compromise

To establish a southern route for the Transcontinental Railroad

To facilitate a northern route for the Transcontinental Railroad

To abolish slavery in all territories

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act repeal?

The Compromise of 1850

The Emancipation Proclamation

The Missouri Compromise

The Fugitive Slave Act

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in the Kansas Territory?

Abolition of slavery in Kansas

A violent conflict known as Bleeding Kansas

Immediate statehood for Kansas

Peaceful resolution of slavery issues

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When did Kansas join the Union as a free state?

1861

1857

1865

1854

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the basis of Dred Scott's legal case for freedom?

His marriage to a free woman

His purchase by a free man

His residence in free territories

His birth in a free state

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott case?

Dred Scott was granted freedom

Slaves were not citizens and could not sue

The Missouri Compromise was constitutional

Slaves could sue in federal court

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was declared unconstitutional by the Dred Scott decision?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Missouri Compromise

The Compromise of 1850

The Fugitive Slave Act

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