The Crisis Deepens
1. 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?
The Kansas Nebraska Act
What is a lawsuit?
a legal case brought to settle a dispute between people or groups
Why did a newspaper call the territory "Bleeding Kansas?
by late 1856, more than 200 people had been killed
8.What is guerrilla warfare?
figfhter who uses hit-and run atttacks
Did the Dred Scott decision bring more harmony or discord to the nation over the issue of slavery?
much more discord
What type of violence erupted in the Senate over Kansas?
people got into fights, both verbal and physical
5.Who were Border Ruffians?
proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
6.Why did Kansas have two governments?
the antislavery settlers didn't want the proslavery bands to take over and allow slavery throughout the territory. so they made their own government.
How did the Supreme Court's decision affect the Missouri Compromise?
they declared it unconstitutional
4.What did proslavery and antislavery forces do to ensure that Kansas would be on their side?
they sent settlers to Kansas to try and fight for control of the land.
2.What was the northerner's reaction to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
they were outraged. they thought that the Kansas Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise
How did white southerners, African Americans, white northerners, and abolitionist Frederick Douglas react to the Dred Scott decision?
white southerners rejoiced. African Americans responded angrily. in the North, many held public meetings to condemn the ruling. Frederick Douglas spoke out against it.
What did the Supreme Court say in the decision Dred Scott v. Sanford?
First, the court ruled that Dred Scott could not file a lawsuit because he was not a citizen. and the Court's written desicion clearly stated that they thought slaves were property. the Court's ruling did not stop there. the Court said that slavery was allowed everywhere, since Congress did not have the power to outlaw slavery in any territory.
7.Who was John Brown and what did he do?
John Brown was a northerner who had moved to Kansas to help antislavery settlers. he wanted to fight the proslavery people. so one night him and a few others snuck into a nearby town and murdered five people proslavery people in their sleep
3.What state became the testing ground for popular sovereignty?
Kansas
Who was Dred Scott?
Dred Scott was a slave who had been enslaved for many years
