Kansas-Nebraska Act Online Reading Comprehension
Grade Level: 6+ | Lexile: 1200 | Word Count: 217
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Discuss -

  1. How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act challenge the Missouri Compromise, and why was that significant at the time?
  2. What does the term "popular sovereignty" mean, and why did it lead to violence in Kansas?
  3. Why was Kansas nicknamed "Bleeding Kansas," and how did this conflict foreshadow the Civil War?
  4. How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act increase tensions between the North and South in the years leading up to the Civil War?
Reading Groups - This passage serves as an excellent tool for enrichment-based reading groups in language arts or social studies.
Morning Work - The activity takes most students about 20 minutes to complete, making it an ideal solution for morning work.
Homework - This activity is a great way to assign homework in social studies or language arts.
Whiteboard - Have students come to the whiteboard to annotate important information or to click the correct answers.