The Crisis Deepens

What is a lawsuit?

a legal case brought to settle a dispute between people or groups

Who was Dred Scott?

a slave who's owner died

Why did a newspaper call the territory "Bleeding Kansas?

by late 1856, >200 people had been killed

Who was John Brown and what did he do?

he was an abolisionist who decided to strike back and claimed that God sent him to punish supporters of slavery. in the middle of the night he and others murdered five proslavery settlers

Did the Dred Scott decision bring more harmony or discord to the nation over the issue of slavery?

it further divided the nation

What was the northerner's reaction to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

many northerners were unhappy with the new law. they were swift and angry

Who were Border Ruffians?

proslavery bands who rode across the border and battled the antislavery forces in Kansas

What is guerrilla warfare?

the use of hit and run tactics

How did the Supreme Court's decision affect the Missouri Compromise?

they claimed it was unconstitutional

What did the Supreme Court say in the decision Dred Scott v. Sanford?

they said scott could not file a lawsuit because he was not a citizen. also they claimed him to be property. the Missouri compromise was unconstitutional

What did proslavery and antislavery forces do to ensure that Kansas would be on their side?

they went to kansas to to control their territory

What type of violence erupted in the Senate over Kansas?

verbal abuse quickly turned into physical violence when Charles Sumner denouced the proslavery legislatue, singling out Andrew Butler. butler's nephew, preston brooks, beat Sumner with a heavy cane.

How did white southerners, African Americans, white northerners, and abolitionist Frederick Douglas react to the Dred Scott decision?

white southerners- rejoiced african americans-angry many held public meetings to condemn the ruling white northerners- shocked. they hoped slavery would die out if it was resticted to the south Fred Douglas- spoke out against the case.he thought it was an infamous decision. he declare that how sheep were property is how you are treating human beings

What state became the testing ground for popular sovereignty?

Kansas

This bill introduced by Senator Stephen Douglas proposed that the Nebraska Territory be divided into two territories Kansas and Nebraska. The settlers living in each territory would settle the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty?

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Why did Kansas have two governments?

They had two governments because each group wanted it to have their view on slavery