Saida Noor & Aya Ayadi & Salwa Khan Trouble In Kansas

● Pierce wins by a landslide because he was trusted by northerners and southerners to not upset the balance in the senate between the North and the South. woop de Woo! Election of 1852: The Candidates

● Democrat: Franklin Pierce – Little-known politician from New Hampshire – Promised to honor the Compromise of 1850 and Fugitive Slave Act – Southerners trusted Pierce I look amazing.

Supported building a railroad to the Pacific. Wanted a line running from Chicago, in his home state of Illinois. To build the railroad, the rest of the Louisiana Purchase had to be made in a federal territory. Most people did not support his plan The people wanted a line through New Orleans and Texas. He asked southern senators to support his plan. They said they would support him, but in returned they wanted the new territory west of Missouri opened up to slavery. ( Pg.458) Stephen Douglas

The Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 The president signed the act into law on May 30, 1854 This act divided the rest of the Louisiana Purchase into two territories----Kansas and Nebraska Douglas’s plan would remove the Missouri Compromise’s restriction on slavery north of the 36 degrees30’ line. People called the proposal a “gross violation of a sacred pledge.” (Pg.459)

“Bleeding Kansas” Elections for the Kansas territorial legislature were held in March To make sure a pro-slavery victory, thousands of men crossed the border from Missouri, voted in Kansas, and then returned home. The new legislature passed a series of strict pro-slavery laws. One law made it a crime to question anyone’s right to hold slaves. Another law stated that anyone caught helping a fugitive slave could be punished by death. By 1856, Kansas had two governments. In May 1856, a pro-slavery grand jury charged the leader of the anti-slavery government with treason (Pg.460)

Pottawatomie Massacre: “On the night of May 24-25, 1856, a small band of abolitionists led by John Brown murdered five pro- slavery men just north of here along Pottawatomie Creek. This massacre in "Bleeding Kansas" was one of the most famous events leading up to the American Civil War. Brown was later captured, tried and hanged for his unsuccessful raid on Harper's Ferry, (West) Virginia in 1859.”[1] Charles Summer: Senator; Gave a speech called, “The Crime Against Kansas.” In his speech he criticized pro-slavery efforts in Kansas and insulted Senator Andre Pickens Butler of South Carolina Preston Brooks: Representative & relative of Butler, was very upset. On May 22,1856, Brooks approached Sumner in the Senate chamber and beat him unconscious with a walking cane. (Pg.461)

Pottawatomie Massacre Dude…this guy just looks crazy. ● In response, Abolitionist John Brown attacked a pro-slavery settlement near Pottawatomie Creek. ● Brown and his men killed 5 pro-slavery settlers by dragging them out into the street and killing them with swords. That’s right, you mess with the bull…you get the horns.

Brooks Attacks Sumner ● Violence bleeds into congress. ● Senator Charles Sumner starts to criticize (talks bad about) pro-slavery people and personally insulted Andrew Pickens Butler. ● Representative Preston Brooks (Butler’s relative) then beat Charles Sumner with his cane. ● Sumner was beaten so badly that he didn’t return to the senate for 3 years. ● Brooks was fined 300 dollars.

You’re dumb! Pro-slavery people are dumb! Your mama! Oh no you didn’t!

You take that back. His mommy is a great lady. You show him Pressey my boy! You hit like a Canadian!

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