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Chapter 15
Cornell
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The Debate over Slavery and Trouble in
Kansas
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Essential Question: What situations were arising in the United States that led
to the division of the country?
Section 1: The Debate over Slavery
Introduction
1. _______________ was one of the biggest issues that divided the North
and the South.
2. The _______________ felt that slavery was their ________________
and no one should tell them what to do with it.
Questioning the Expansion of Slavery
1. Slavery: (The Missouri Compromise of 1820 Example)
a. Missouri entered the Union as a __________________________.
b. Slavery was not allowed ___________________of the 36 30’ line
c. The Missouri Compromise was only for the Louisiana Territory, not the
new land from the ____________________________
d. President Polk wanted the slave line to stretch to the _______________
2. Sectionalism
a. Definition: Sectionalism is ___________________________________
______________________________________________________.
b. The government needed to decide how to handle the Mexican War
territories.
3. Definition: Popular Sovereignty - ________________________________
_________________________________________________________
a. Voters in a territory would decide whether they wanted to ban slavery or
not.
Compromise of 1850
1. The gold rush of ________________ caused California to have a population
boom.
2. _________________________wanted to enter the Union as a free state.
3. This would undo the balance in the __________________.
4. “We are about to permanently destroy the balance of power between the
sections.” (Senator Jefferson Davis of Mississippi)
5. __________________ helped Congress develop the Compromise of 1850.
a. California is a _________________________.
b. New Mexico Territory would decide slavery through Popular Sovereignty.
c. Texas should claim the Rio Grande as its border.
d. End the slave trade in _____________________________.
e. A new Fugitive Slave Law.
6. Calhoun, on his death bed, opposed this idea
7. The Compromise was ___________________ in Congress.
Fugitive Slave Law
1. This made it a _______________________ to help runaway slaves.
2. Free African Americans became fearful and fled to _________________.
3. _____________________ in the North led the opposition to this slave law.
4. The Northerners did not like to be pushed around.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
1. Written by ________________________________.
2. The novel sparked outrage in the South.
3. _____________________ copies were sold.
4. Significance: ________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Section 2: Trouble in Kansas
Introduction
1. The _________________________ forced the United States to question
the legality of the Compromise of 1850.
2. The passing of the ____________________________ foreshadowed the
future Civil War.
Election of 1852
1. Democratic Convention chose _______________ as their candidate in 1852.
2. Many Southerners felt that Pierce was reliable over the slavery question.
3. __________ ran on the Whig side (former general during the Mexican War).
4. Significance: _______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Kansas Nebraska Act
1. Originally, Stephen Douglas (_______________________) wanted
railroads to cross into his home state.
a. The Southern Senators wanted it in the _________________.
b. They made a compromise: Repeal the Missouri Compromise for the
railroads.
2. The Kansas-Nebraska Act would divide the rest of the Louisiana Territory
into two parts and would let ____________________________ decide the
question of slavery in each part.
3. Antislavery northerners were outraged.
4. Congress would not approve his railroad until ______________.
5. This Act convinced many _____________________ that the slave owners
had the upper hand.
“Bleeding Kansas”
1. Both _______________ and ________________ groups headed to Kansas.
2. Two different governments
a. To ensure a pro-slavery victory, Missourians _______ and returned home.
b. Passed a series of ____________________________.
c. In response, the anti-slavery group created a government ________
away.
3. The Bleeding
a. Both sides attacked each other.
b. Both sides were __________________________.
c. Kansas collapsed into a ______________ between abolitionist and proslavery groups.
4. The Beating of Sumner
a. Senator ___________________ criticized pro-slavery efforts in
Kansas.
b. Insulted Senator Butler (____________________________).
c. Representative _______________________, a relative of Butler, beat
Sumner unconscious in the Senate.
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