11. The quotation below is part of the preamble to the U.S. Constitution.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Based on the quotation, which democratic principle made it difficult for Kansans to write a constitution?
(2 points)
civil rights
capitalism
checks and balances
popular sovereignty
12. Passed in 1854, which law stated that each territory would decide the question of slavery on its own? (2 points)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Great Compromise
Wilmot Proviso
Missouri Compromise
13. The diagram below shows some causes of the Civil War.
Which best completes the diagram?
A graphic organizer shows four causes of the Civil War and leaves a blank space for a fifth cause to be added. The four given causes of the Civil War are slavery, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott decision, and Lincoln's election. (2 points)
3 answers
11. Popular sovereignty
12. Kansas-Nebraska Act
13. Sectionalism and states' rights.
1 answer