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Kansas Nebraska Act Bleeding Kansas
Slavery
Compromise Of 1850
John Browns Raid
Dred Scott Case
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Who thought of the Kansas Nebraska Act?
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Stephen A. Douglas
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When was the Kansas Nebraska Act established?
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In 1854
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True of False Kansas and Nebraska would decide
to be free or slave states through popular
sovereignty.
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True
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What area was known as the Nebraska territory
before it split into the two separate territories?
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The territory stretched from Texas to Canada and
from Missouri west to the Rocky Mountains
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Besides dividing the Nebraska territory, what
else did the Kansas Nebraska Act do?
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The Kansas Nebraska Act also repealed the
prohibition of slavery north of the Missouri
Compromise line
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Where did most slaves try to escape to?
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Canada
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What was the name of the book that showed the
northerners what slavery was really like?
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The name of the book was Uncle Toms Cabin.
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Who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin, and when was it
published?
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Harriet Beecher Stowe 1852
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In the new Fugitive Slave Act, anyone caught
hiding runaway-slaves would have what punishment?
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They could be fined 1,000 and be imprisoned for
up to six months
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Who was one of the leading conductors on the
underground railroad, other than Harriet Tubman?
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Elijah Anderson (from Ohio), who led more than
1000 slaves to freedom during the years of
1850-1855
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Who created the compromise of 1850?
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Henry Clay (also created the Missouri Compromise)
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True or False Before the compromise was passed,
Senators Calhoun and Webster had debates about if
it was fair to both sides.
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True Calhoun was ill, so another senator read
his speech that was against the compromise. After
that, Webster made a speech that was for the
compromise. They went back and forth until
Douglas guided each bill through and won approval
for all 5 of them.
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Who passed the compromise President Taylor, or
Millard Fillmore?

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Millard Fillmore, President Taylors successor
(Taylor died about 2 months earlier)
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What were the conditions of the Compromise of
1850 that supported the north?
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California would be a free state, Texas giving up
land, and no slave trade in the nations capital
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What did the Compromise of 1850 state that was in
favor of the south?
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New Mexico, and Utah as states with popular
sovereignty and a law that enforces the return of
runaway slaves.
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How have we heard about John Brown before?
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John Brown was the man that started Bleeding
Kansas
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When and where did John Brown and 18 men invade?
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The night was October 16, 1859 and the town was
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
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Who was the president that ordered the troops to
go in after John Brown?
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President James Buchanan
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Who led the militia that went after John Brown?
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Colonel Robert E. Lee
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What was John Browns plan?
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His plan was to go to the arsenal, grab weapons,
and distribute them to the slaves, who were
supposed to kill their owners. This was to get
rid of slavery.
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Who was the judge that made the decision in the
Dred Scott case?
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Chief Justice Roger B. Taney
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What were the names of the two states that Dred
Scott was taken to?
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Illinois and Wisconsin
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True or False The court voted 7-2, going along
with Dred.
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False many of the judges favored slavery and
they voted 7-2 against him.
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On what date was the Dred Scott case decision
made?
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March 6, 1857 Roger Taney made his decision.
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Other than Dred Scott not being free, what other
decision was made at the same time?
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The Congress had no right to prohibit slavery in
the territories, and all territories were now
open to slavery.