Question

1. Which of these was nullified by the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Missouri Compromise
personal liberties laws
idea of popular sovereignty
Crittenden Compromise
2. Why was abolitionist John Brown executed?
for his attempt to seize the arsenal at Harpers Ferry
for his midnight massacre
for his part in “Bleeding Kansas”
for beating Charles Sumner with a cane
3. Under the new Fugitive Slave Act passed in 1850,
Northerners could buy and sell slaves in Washington, D.C.
Congress declared that slavery was morally wrong.

Answer 1

1. The Missouri Compromise was nullified by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 2. The abolitionist John Brown was executed because of his attempts to seize the arsenal at Harpers Ferry. 3. Under the Fugitive Slave Actpassed in 1850, citizens who helped a runaway slave could be imprisoned.