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KansasNebraska

Act &Bleeding Kansas

SlaveryCompromise

Of 1850

John Brown’s

Raid

Dred ScottCase

Who thought of the Kansas

Nebraska Act?

Stephen A. Douglas

When was the Kansas

Nebraska Act established?

In 1854

True of False: Kansas and

Nebraska would decide to be free or slave

states through popular

sovereignty.

True

What area was known as the

Nebraska territory before it split into the two

separate territories?

The territory stretched from

Texas to Canada and

from Missouri west to the

Rocky Mountains

Besides dividing the Nebraska territory, what

else did the Kansas

Nebraska Act do?

The Kansas Nebraska Act also repealed the prohibition of slavery north of the Missouri

Compromise line

Where did most slaves try to escape to?

Canada

What was the name of the

book that showed the northerners what slavery

was really like?

The name of the book was Uncle Tom’s

Cabin.

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and when was it published?

Harriet Beecher Stowe; 1852

In the new Fugitive Slave Act, anyone

caught hiding runaway-slaves

would have what punishment?

They could be fined $1,000

and be imprisoned for

up to six months

Who was one of the leading

“conductors” on the underground

railroad, other than Harriet

Tubman?

Elijah Anderson (from Ohio),

who led more than 1000 slaves to

freedom during the years of 1850-1855

Who created the compromise of

1850?

Henry Clay

(also created the Missouri

Compromise)

True or False: Before the

compromise was passed, Senators

Calhoun and Webster had

debates about if it was fair to both

sides.

True; Calhoun was ill, so another senator read his speech that was against the compromise. After that, Webster made a

speech that was for the compromise. They went

back and forth until Douglas guided each bill

through and won approval for all 5 of them.

Who passed the compromise;

President Taylor, or Millard Fillmore?

Millard Fillmore, President Taylor’s successor (Taylor

died about 2 months earlier)

What were the conditions of the Compromise of

1850 that supported the

north?

California would be a free state, Texas giving up

land, and no slave trade in the nation’s capital

What did the Compromise of 1850 state that

was in favor of the south?

New Mexico, and Utah as states with popular

sovereignty and a law that enforces

the return of runaway slaves.

How have we heard about John Brown

before?

John Brown was the man that

started Bleeding Kansas

When and where did John Brown and 18 men invade?

The night was October 16,

1859 and the town was

Harper’s Ferry, Virginia

Who was the president that ordered the

troops to go in after John Brown?

President James Buchanan

Who led the militia that went

after John Brown?

Colonel Robert E. Lee

What was John Brown’s plan?

His plan was to go to the arsenal, grab

weapons, and distribute them to the

slaves, who were supposed to kill their owners. This was to get rid of slavery.

Who was the judge that made the decision in the Dred Scott

case?

Chief Justice

Roger B. Taney

What were the names of the

two states that Dred Scott was

taken to?

Illinois and Wisconsin

True or False:

The court voted 7-2, going along

with Dred.

False; many of the judges

favored slavery and they voted

7-2 against him.

On what date was the Dred

Scott case decision made?

March 6, 1857 Roger Taney

made his decision.

Other than Dred Scott not being free, what other

decision was made at the same time?

The Congress had no right to prohibit slavery in the territories, and all territories were now open

to slavery.