Name_____________________________
Westward Expansion, Politics, and Slavery
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The question of Slavery in KS and NE pg.440-441
Who introduced the Act to Congress?
The KS-NE Act would divide the remainder of the
Louisiana Purchase into two territories – Kansas and
Nebraska – and allow the people in each territory to
decide the question of ________________.
What did it repeal?
Violent Clashes Over Slavery in Kansas pg.441 (Stop at bottom of p. 441)
What was the cause of the conflict in Kansas?
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Pro- and Antislavery Forces Fight in Kansas pg.441-442
Describe the violence in Kansas, including what happened at Pottawatomie Creek.
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*Around _______ people were killed!
Violence Over Slavery Breaks Out in the Senate. pg. 442
Explain the attack on Sumner by Brooks.
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The Supreme Court Ruling on Dred Scott v Sanford p. 443-444
Dred Scott was the slave of an army surgeon from Missouri. He traveled with his master to Illinois
and Wisconsin. He sued for his freedom saying he had become free when he lived in free
territory. The case went to the Supreme Court which said:
1. African Americans were not _______________ and could not sue
2. Living on free soil had not made him free as slaves were considered ________________.
3. Congress had no right to _____________________ slavery in any territory
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Abraham Lincoln Leads the Republican Party p.446-447
In Illinois in 1858, Abraham Lincoln (from the _________________ Party) and
Stephen Douglas (from the __________________ Party) run for the U.S.
_______________. They have _________ debates during the campaign, mostly
focusing on the spread of slavery. Lincoln said he wanted to stop the spread of
slavery, Douglas said it was OK if slavery spread west. Lincoln _______ the
election, but becames a strong and important leader in the Republican Party.
John Brown’s Antislavery Campaign p. 448-449
On October 16, 1859, John Brown’s Raid began when he and his men took over the federal
______________ in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in hopes of starting a slave rebellion. His plan
did not work and federal troops soon came to stop the raid. John Brown was quickly
convicted of ______________ and sentenced to death. Some Northerners hailed Brown as a
______________ because he was willing to die for his beliefs, while many Southerners were
afraid another attack would happen. One newspaper stated, “the sooner we get out of the
Union, the better.” The nation was posed for a ________________ clash.
The Meteor: John Brown Raids Harpers Ferry (Civil War documentary clip – available on Safari)
1. October 16, 1859 – Radical Abolitionist _________________________________ set out to destroy slavery
with a raid at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. He wanted to begin a slave uprising.
2. Brown and his men quietly seized the armory, arsenal, and engine house and took up hostages including the
great grandnephew of _____________________________________.
3. Federal Troops arrived from Washington, led by U.S. Army Colonel
____________________________________. Brown was captured and turned over to Virginia to be tried for
treason.
4. Dec 2, 1859 – John Brown is executed for treason against a ________________.
5. Frederick Douglass said, “I could live for the slave, John Brown could ________ for him.”
6. Brown “becomes the single most important factor… in bringing on the war… Southern
_________________________ begin to take a true form and the South begins to worry about Northerners
agitating the blacks to murder them in their beds.” - Ed Bearss, Historian
7. It was the beginning of the ____________________ Army.