A KansasNebraska Act 1 The Compromise of 1850 dealt mainly with lands that were part of the Mexican Cession a It did not deal with the LA Purchase b In 1854 Sen Stephen Douglas introduced a bill to set up a government in the Nebraska territory ID: 535047
Download Presentation The PPT/PDF document "III. The Crisis Deepens" is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.
Slide1
III. The Crisis Deepens
A. Kansas-Nebraska Act
1. The Compromise of 1850 dealt mainly with lands that were part of the Mexican Cession.
a) It did not deal with the LA Purchase.
b) In 1854, Sen. Stephen Douglas introduced a bill to set up a government in the Nebraska territory.
2. Douglas knew that white southerners did not want to add another free state to the Union.
a) Nebraska territory would be split into two territories, Kansas and Nebraska.
b) Popular sovereignty.Slide2
III. The Crisis Deepens
c) Douglas’s bill was known as the
Kansas-Nebraska Act
.
3. The KS-NE Act seemed fair to many people.
a) Southerners supported the act.
b) They hoped KS would become a slave state.
4. President Pierce also supported the act.
a) The act would eventually lead to bloodshed.
5. Many northerners were unhappy with the new law.
a) In effect, the KS-NE Act would repeal the MO Compromise.
6. The northern reaction to the KS-NE Act was swift and angry.Slide3
III. The Crisis Deepens
a) Areas could now have slavery that had been free for 30 years.
b) Some northerners openly challenged the Fugitive Slave Act.
B. The Crisis Turns Violent
1. KS now became a testing ground for popular sovereignty.
a) Proslavery and antislavery forces sent settlers to KS to fight for control of the territory.
b) Proslavery bands from MO known as
border ruffians
rode over the border.Slide4
III. The Crisis Deepens
2. In 1855, KS held elections to choose lawmakers.
a) Border ruffians were voting illegally.
b) They helped elect a proslavery legislature.
c) They passed laws to support slavery.
d) Antislavery settlers refused to accept these laws.
e) The antislavery settlers elected their own legislature.
f) KS was in chaos.
3. A band of proslavery men raided Lawrence, KS and burned homes and smashed the press of a free soil newspaper.Slide5
III. The Crisis Deepens
4. John Brown, an abolitionist, decided to strike back.
a) Brown rode with his four sons and two other men to the town of Pottawatomie and murdered 5 proslavery settlers.
5. The violence turned into
guerrilla warfare
, or the use of hit-and-run tactics.
a) In the end, 200 people were killed.
C. Violence in the Senate
1. Charles Sumner of MA denounced the proslavery KS legislature and Sen. Andrew Butler of SC.
2. Butler’s nephew, Congressman Preston Brooks, marched into the Senate and attacked Sumner with a cane.Slide6
III. The Crisis Deepens
D. The Dred Scott Case
1. In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled on a case that involved an enslaved person named Dred Scott.
a) The decision further divided the North and South.
2.
Dred Scott vs.
Sandford
shocked and dismayed Americans who opposed slavery.
a) First, the court ruled that Scott could not file a lawsuit because as a slave, he was not a citizen.
b) Secondly, the court ruled that the MO Compromise was unconstitutional.Slide7
III. The Crisis Deepens
3. White southerners rejoiced at the decision of
Dred Scott v.
Sandford
.
a) It meant that slavery was legal in all of the territories.
4. African Americans in the North responded angrily at the decision.
a) Many gave speeches and held public meetings to condemn
the
decision
.
5. White northerners were also shocked by the ruling.
a) Many thought that slavery would eventually die out.
b) Now they could see no end in sight for slavery.