Choose the best answer.

Question

Pre-territorial Kansas refers to what time period in the state's history?

(2 points)
Responses

the years before 1492
the years before 1492

the years before 1854
the years before 1854

the years before 1861
the years before 1861

the years before 1776

Answer 1

The best answer is the years before 1854. Pre-territorial Kansas refers to the time period before Kansas was designated as a territory, which occurred with the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854.