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1) It was an attempt to pacify slaveholders. 2) If you broke this law you were fined or imprisoned. |
Fugitive Slave act |
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1) Stephen A. Douglas was the creator. 2) He wanted this act to recognize the land in the west of Missouri and Iowa. 3) The people needed to vote on whether they should allow slavery or not. 4) This was called popular sovereignty. |
Kansas-Nebraska act |
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1) Groups of armed people. 2) These were people who crossed the border to Kansas and voted for slavery. 3) They did this to have slavery pass in the states. |
Border Ruffians |
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1) He was a fervent abolitionist. 2) He attacked a group along the Pottawatomie creek which killed 5 slave supporters. 3) He did this because the attack in Lawerence enraged him. |
John Brown |
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1) A conflict between citizens of the same country. There was a paper that said "The Civil War in Kansas. " |
Civil War |
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1) Allowing the people to decide. Douglas called for popular sovereignty to decide whether Kansas should be a slave state or not. |
Popular Sovereignty |
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1) He was an enslaved african American bought by an Army doctor. 2) Scott's slaveholder died and he sued for his freedom. |
Dred Scott |
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1) They said his residence on free soil did not make him free. 2) The court said that Scott is still an enslaved person and was not a citizen. They also said he had no right to bring a lawsuit. |
Dred Scott case |
