The Crisis Deepens

Kansas-Nebraska act

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?

Proslavery settlers moved into Kansas as well. They wanted to make sure that antislavery forces did not overrun the territory.

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

They said he cannot file a law suit because he is not a citizen. They also said that slaves are to be considered property.

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

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

What is a lawsuit?

Guerilla Warfare is a use of hit-and-run tactics.

What is guerrilla warfare?

Kansas became the popular sovereignty testing state.

What state became the testing ground for popular sovereignty?

Violence of slavery.

What type of violence erupted in the Senate over Kansas?

Northerners were unhappy with the new law. The reaction was swift and angry.

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

Dred Scott is an enslaved African-American.

Who was Dred Scott?

John Brown is an abolitionist who decided to strike back. Brown had moved to Kansas to help it make a free state . He claimed that God had sent him here to punish who was with slavery.

Who was John Brown and what did he do?

Proslavery bands from Missouri that often rode across the border were called "Border Ruffians."

Who were Border Ruffians?

Border Ruffians passed into the border of Kansas illegally and also voted for proslavery legislative. People were now not allowed to talk againts slavery, if they did they would have to do hard labor for 2 years. Antislavery settlers refused to accept these lawws, as a result they elected their own governor and leislature. Soon Kansas was nothing but chaos.

Why did Kansas have two governments?

It was called bleeding Kansas because 200 people had died.

Why did a newspaper call the territory "Bleeding Kansas?

More discord.

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

The Court's ruling meant that the Missouri Compromise was unconsittutional.

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

White southerners rejoiced. African Americans responded angrily. White northerners were shocked. Douglas was against this.

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