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

Respuesta :

The Missouri compromise was nullified by the Kansas-Nebraska act. This act allowed the people in each state to determine whether or not slavery would continue within their state.
Abolitionist John Brown was executed because of his attempt to seize the arsenal at Harper's Ferry. John Brown led the Harper's Ferry raid.

1. A) Missouri Compromise--the Missouri Compromise divided the country in half with slavery allowed in the South and no slavery in the North. The Kansas-Nebraska Act called for popular sovereignty or voting on the issue of slavery. 


2. A) for his attempt to seize the arsenal at Harper's Ferry-- John Brown was an extreme abolitionist who wanted to help slaves out of slavery. The raid on Harper's Ferry was the goal of collecting weapons to aid in his abolitionist goals. 


3. D) Citizens who helped a runaway slave could be imprisoned-- The Fugitive Slave Act was passed with the Compromise of 1850 and required all people (Northerners included) to return runaway slaves to their owners. Those aiding or hiding fugitive slaves would face federal theft laws.