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Sec 2: Bloodshed in Kansas

Sec 2: Bloodshed in Kansas. REVIEW: Pro-slavery vs. Anti-slavery Forces Heat-up!. After the Compromise of 1850 , Northern abolitionists continue to attack slavery. In reaction to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 , Northern States pass personal liberty laws to counteract it.

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Sec 2: Bloodshed in Kansas

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  1. Sec 2: Bloodshed in Kansas

  2. REVIEW: Pro-slavery vs. Anti-slavery Forces Heat-up! • After the Compromise of 1850, Northern abolitionists continue to attack slavery. • In reaction to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, Northern States pass personal liberty laws to counteract it. • Harriet Tubman conducts more than 300 slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. • Harriet Beecher Stowe writes Uncle Tom’s Cabin which describes the evils of slavery.

  3. FIND OUT • What events made the issue of slavery emerge yet again in 1854? • Why did pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces move into Kansas? • How did the Dred Scott decision divide the nation?

  4. The Kansas-Nebraska Act…(p.327) • Proposed by Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois. • The Act would… • Divide Nebraska Territory into Nebraska and Kansas. • Repeal the Missouri Compromise in order to allow slavery north of the line. • Establish popular sovereignty (let each state decide) in both territories. • Passes in 1852.

  5. …The Kansas-Nebraska Act (p.327) • Douglas thought that popular sovereignty offered the fairest, most democratic way to admit new states. • He also believed that the Nebraska Territory would enter the Union as two states (one slave and one free) maintaining the North-South balance.

  6. Divided Kansas • Settlers and fanatics from both sides poured into Kansas to cast votes on the issue of slavery. • Fraudulent elections led to the establishment of two state governments. • One free • One Slave

  7. TIME TO RUMBLE!

  8. The First Shots • First shots fired in 1856 when pro-slavery men raid Lawrence, Kansas destroying homes and smashing the press of the Free Soil newspaper. • Abolitionist John Brown with four sons and two others, rides to the town of Pottawatomie Creek. • Brown kills five pro-slavery supporters in the name of GOD. • Newspapers everywhere labeled the territory “Bleeding Kansas.” • By the end of 1856, 200 people killed.

  9. Bloodshed in the Senate (p.329)

  10. Dred Scott Decision (p.330) • Dred Scott lived for many years in Missouri (Slave State). • Later, he moved to Illinois with his master (Non-Slave State) and also, Wisconsin (Non-Slave State). • They move back to Missouri and his master dies.

  11. Dred Scott Decision (p.330) • Anti-Slavery lawyers file lawsuit in Mr. Scott’s name. • The argument: Since Scott had lived in free territory, he was a free man… right?

  12. The Dred Scott Decision of 1857 • U.S. Supreme Court decides: • Scott could not file a lawsuit because as a black man he was not a citizen. • Agreed that slaves were property. • Congress did not have the power to outlaw slavery in any territory. • Meant the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. • This meant that slavery was legal in all territories!!!

  13. & • Northerners are mad! • Southerners are happy!

  14. WE FOUND OUT • The issue of slavery emerged again in 1854. Name these events we talked about today? • Pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces moved into Kansas. Why? • The Dred Scott decision divided the nation. How so?

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