Kansas-Nebraska Act

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!ro-sIavery
Congressman
!reston Brooks
Anti-sIavery
Senator CharIes
Sumner
SWBAT identify and describe
the Kansas-Nebraska Act
(BIeeding Kansas) and its roIe
in igniting tension between the
North and the South by
answering questions on an exit
ticket with 80% accuracy or
higher
What's the background story?
llinois Senator
Stephen Douglas
wanted a RR going
West
Needed to organize
the Kansas Territory
Proposed statehood
Needed to
Compromise with the
South
o Now"
1) Put your homework on the TOP LEFT of your desk
2) Copy down the homework assignment in your
homework log
3) make the Bleeding Kansas Video Questions your page
11 in your Interactive Notebook
4) take out the 'Bleeding Kansas" sheet - we are going to
throw it out
5) Have 1 flashcard and write Bleeding Kansas
on the front of it
What was Bleeding Kansas?
What was Bleeding Kansas?
Settlers #&SH into the
Nebraska and Kansas
territories because of the
ability to vote "for, or "against
slavery
!ro-sIavery and anti-
sIavery forces cIash
55 peopIe die in one
summer
Teen Choice Awards
HOOK
Who is the best artist between Lil Wayne,
Wiz Khalifa, Bruno Mars, and Beyonce?
You can only vote for one artist
What happens during the
Teen Choice Awards?
During the Teen Choice Awards kids vote
for their favorite artist
2 t is a huge popuIarity contest
3 How does the voting part of the Teen
Choice Awards reIate to !opuIar
Sovereignty in the Kansas-Nebraska
Act?
What was the Kansas/Nebraska
Act?
A piece of legislation proposed
by Senator Stephen Douglas
that stated that
Kansas/Nebraska territories
should decide whether they
will be sIave or free by
popuIar sovereignty
!opuIar
sovereignty
Repealed the
Missouri
compromise
or the o Now"
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magic" fIashcards
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What was the Kansas-
Nebraska Act?
What was the Kansas-
Nebraska Act?
The Kansas Nebraska Act was a law that
gave the Kansas/Nebraska territories the
ability to vote to be either pro-slavery or
anti-slavery by using popuIar sovereignty
What is !opuIar Sovereignty?
What is !opuIar Sovereignty?
Popular Sovereignty was when the people
of the Kansas Territory were given the
ability to vote for whether they want the
territory to be a free or slave state
Why is the 36-30 Iine
important?
Why is the 36-30 Iine
important?
The Missouri Compromise of 20
established that slavery would not be
allowed above the 36-30 latitude line
What were the effects?
Angered The
North
!ro and Anti
SIavery
#ushed to
Kansas
n one summer
55 Americans
killed each other
Bleeding
Kansas
Who was John Brown?
Radical (extreme
Abolitionist
Took his family to
Kansas to settle
Family attacked while
in Kansas
Got violent revenge
BIeeding Kansas Video
What was John Brown's Raid?
59
Attack an Armory
in Virginia
Thought it would
cause a slave
revolt
Frederick Douglass
Captured and hung
martyr for the
cause
HOL &! WAIT A MIN&TE!!!
EXIT TICKET Q&ESTIONS
A#E COMING!
Who wrote the Kansas/Nebraska Act?
A.John Brown
B.Harper's Ferry
C.Stephen Douglass
D.Abraham Lincoln
Just give the answer
What was the Kansas Nebraska Act?
2 What is popular sovereignty?
Which of the following best describes the
Kansas/Nebraska Act?
A. A law that opened Kansas and
Nebraska up to popular sovereignty
B. A law the reinforced the Missouri
Compromise
C. A law that made California a free
state
D. A law that made slavery illegal
Which of the following is not an effect of the
Kansas/Nebraska Act
A.The North became angry
B.The South Became happy
C.Slavery was ended
D.There was violence in
Kansas