Author Question: The Lecompton Constitution was written so that Kansas a. could enter the Union as either a slave ... (Read 122 times)

shenderson6 · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

The Lecompton Constitution was written so that Kansas

a. could enter the Union as either a slave state or a free state.
b. would hold a popular referendum on slavery after admission to the Union.
c. would permit temporary residents like the abolitionists and border ruffians to vote.
d. would allow slavery but prohibit the slave trade.
e. would continue to permit slavery for owners of slaves who held slaves in Kansas at the time of the ratification vote, even if the voters of Kansas enacted the Lecompton Constitution without slavery.

Question 2

All of the following are true statements about colonial newspapers on the eve of the Revolution except

a. there were about forty different newspapers throughout the colonies.
b. they were typically published twice a week.
c. they proved to be powerful vehicles for airing grievances and rallying support against England.
d. they consisted of a single large sheet of paper folded once.
e. the news they contained often lagged weeks behind the events themselves.