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The Crisis Deepens The issue of Slavery led to Acts of Violence and the formation of the Republican Party and more sectional tension
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The Final Act The Fugitive Slave Act makes it easier to return runaway slaves to their former owners Slaves were held without trial and a federal commissioner ruled on each case with monetary rewards The North opposed the act as it made them help recapture slaves and led to free Africans being captured into slavery The presence of slave catchers made the north face the decision of following the act or breaking the law to oppose slavery
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The Crisis Deepens
The issue of Slavery led to Acts of Violence and the formation of the Republican Party and more sectional tension
Key Vocabulary and Key Figures
Key Terms Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Fugitive Slave Act
Popular Sovereignty
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Key Figures Harriet Beecher Stowe
John Brown
The Final Act The Fugitive Slave Act makes it easier to return
runaway slaves to their former owners
Slaves were held without trial and a federal commissioner ruled on each case with monetary rewards
The North opposed the act as it made them help recapture slaves and led to free Africans being captured into slavery
The presence of slave catchers made the north face the decision of following the act or breaking the law to oppose slavery
Acting Up
With the Fugitive Slave Act and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s cabin leading to Tension, The Issue of Kansas and Nebraska would Bring Violence
Stephen A. Douglas drafted a Bill to allow popular sovereignty decide the issue of slavery in the states
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri compromise and turn Kansas into a Battlefield
The Civil War…A Prequel After the Act was passed Proslavery voters
from Missouri illegally voted to pass slavery in Kansas
Anti-slavery forces in Kansas formed their own government in Kansas and armed themselves
The pro-slavery forces attacked the Anti-slavery government leading John Brown to Kansas
Brown would Murder five pro-slavery people and led to three years of civil war in Kansas
Main Event Fight When Charles Sumner delivered a
speech against slavery in congress, pro-slavery members felt insulted
Preston Brooks Would Defend his relative A. P. Butler by attacking Sumner with his Cane
The Attacks in Kansas and in Congress would further divide the North in the South
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