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when was the Kansas Nebraska Act
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1854
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How did the missouri compromise affect the Kansas Nebraska Act
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Under the missouri compromise, the new territory would have to be free but southerners would not vote for a bill the created a free state.
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Who introduced the bill for the Kansas Nebraska Act
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Stephen douglas
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What was the Kansas Nebraska Act
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1. Devide Nebr. in 2 parts (Nebr & kansas.) 2. Use popular sovereignty to settle the slave issue 3. Ignored missouri compromise line
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Who spoke out against the Kansas Nebraska Act
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Abraham Lincoln
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What was the Northern reaction to the Kansas Nebraska Act
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slave power conspiracy-plot to turn all territories into slave states.
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what was the southern reaction to the Kansas Nebraska Act
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Popular sovereignty is the only fair way to settle the slavery issue
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Bleeding Kansas-
election fraud |
people from North and south pour into kansas territory
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Bleeding Kansas-
what happened to the city of douglas |
election fraud. 30 residents, 200 votes
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Bleeding Kansas-violence
what were border ruffians |
people from missouri came with guns and voted illegally, created a pro-slavery govt. Lawrence KS attacked by pro-slavery advocuts 5 dead
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john brown
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believed god called him to fight slavery
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pottawamie massacre
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relation for lawrence - john brown's posse pulled 5 people from their beds and killed them.
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what did the pottawamie massacre trigger.
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dozens of follow-up incidents - more than 200 people killed
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violence in congress-
who was charles sumner |
senator beaten with a cane by the nephew of another senator after giving an anti-slavery speech on kansas-nephew calls it liberal. southerners love this.
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slavery compromises-
what was the line |
set 3630' line in western territory
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slavery compromises-
relation to mexico |
neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any territory gained from mexico
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slavery compromises
were they anti-slavery for moral reasons? |
no
popular sovereignty-letting residents of the territories decided whether to be free or slaves |
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who wrote the 1850 compromise
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Henry Clay
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1850 compromise-
describe |
1. california - free state
2. utah and NM-PS 3. Texas border resolved, texas paid $10 Million 4. Washington DC- slave auctions illegal but slavery still legal fugitive slave act- north must return escaped slaves 6. 1,000 dollar fine for helping slaves. |
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Dred Scott Case 1846- brief summary
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Slave owner moved from slave state of Missouri to Free state then back to missouri. After the owner's death Dred Scott sues, saying he should have been freed when living in the free territory. Loses case in Missouri courts. Appealed to supreme state. The big question was "is he a citizen"
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Dred Scott Case 1846-
Property laws |
1. slaves are property, just like any other property
2. due process |
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Dred Scott Case 1846-
related to missouri compromise |
The Missouri compromise ruled unconstitutional: any law forbidding slavery in the territories is unconstitutional because they are property.
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Dred Scott Case 1846-
relating to citizenship |
1. blacks, slave or free, are not citizens of the US.
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Dred Scott Case 1846
distinction between citizenship in state vs. federal government |
rights granted by a state don't apply in other states
2. no right to sue 3. 9 Supreme court justices, 7 from south, 5 had slaves! After case the sons by his freedom. |
