The Union in Disunion
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THE UNION IN DISUNION US History Objectives **Evaluate how the Fugitive Slave Act heightened sectional tensions **Summarize the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act SOL – VUS.6
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The Union in Disunion. US History. Objectives **Evaluate how the Fugitive Slave Act heightened sectional tensions **Summarize the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act SOL – VUS.6 Timeline – 1850-1856. The Fugitive Slave Act (est. 1850). Allowed South to go into North to find runaways - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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THE UNION IN DISUNION
US History
Objectives **Evaluate how the Fugitive Slave Act heightened sectional tensions **Summarize the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
SOL – VUS.6
Timeline – 1850-1856
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT (EST. 1850)
Allowed South to go into North to find runaways
Jail (non-cooperate)
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Escape route to the North “Conductors” – led the runaways “Stations” – hideouts
HARRIET TUBMAN (1820-1913)
“Black Moses” Freed 300+ slaves
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEUNCLE TOM’S CABIN
Book = 1852 Showed how awful slavery was Banned in South
TENSIONS RISE OVER KANSASSENATOR STEPHEN DOUGLAS (ILLINOIS) Seen as the next “great” USA leader Bring in Kansas as next US state 1853
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY IN KANSAS
Douglas thought the people of Kansas should vote
Yes/No – slavery
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT REPEALS THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE (1854) North says that vote is unfair Both States above the Missouri Southern
border
“BLEEDING KANSAS” (1855-1856)
Vote - 1855 Pro- and anti-slave factions flood Kansas
to influence the vote Pro-slave wins
JOHN BROWN(1800-1860)
Anti-slavery fanatic Attacked pro-slave camp Slaughtered 5 people
THE SACK OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS (MAY 1856)
Mini-Civil War Violence between pro-/anti- slave 200 killed /$2 million property damage
BIRTH OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY (FEBRUARY 28, 1854) Formed to keep slavery out of the
remaining unsettled lands
