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 Stowe Uncle Tom’s Cabin Book = 1852 Showed how awful slavery was Banned in South
Tensions Rise Over Kansas Senator 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