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Kansas-Nebraska Act

SSUSH9 The student will identify key events, issues, and individuals relating to the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War. a. Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the failure of popular sovereignty, Dred Scott case, and John Brown’s Raid.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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  1. SSUSH9 The student will identify key events, issues, and individuals relating to the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War. a. Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the failure of popular sovereignty, Dred Scott case, and John Brown’s Raid.

  2. Signed in 1854, the Act, introduced by Stephen Douglas: - repealed the Missouri Compromise(what was that?). -created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. - would allow each territory to decide on the slavery issue by using “popular sovereignty”. - led to the formation of the Republican Party which supported keeping slavery out of the territories. - led to “Bleeding Kansas”. Kansas-Nebraska Act

  3. Because Kansas would decide about slavery through popular sovereignty, both the North (antislavery) and the South (pro-slavery) sent thousands of people into Kansas to sway the vote. • Tensions between the two groups led to violence and the destruction of property, including the sacking of Lawrence. How did the violence in Kansas help demonstrate that popular sovereignty was a failure? Bleeding Kansas

  4. Dred Scott With the help of an abolitionist group Dred Scott, a slave, sued for freedom (1847), claiming that because he had lived in a free state, he should be free.

  5. *Scott was eventually freed in May 1857, but died nine months later* • In 1857 the Supreme Court ruled against Scott. • Because slaves were not citizens of the U.S., Scott could not sue in Federal Court: ended popular sovereignty and protected slavery under the Constitution. Dred Scott

  6. John Brown’s Raid • A abolitionist who used violence (Kansas) against those supporting slavery. • In 1859, he and his followers tried to support a slave uprising in Virginia by seizing an arsenal in Harpers Ferry.

  7. John Brown’s Raid • The uprising was quickly put down Brown was executed. • Brown was viewed by many in the North as a martyr for the anti-slavery movement. How do you think Brown was viewed In the South-why?

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