"Bleeding Kansas"
Goals: What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854? How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act lead to "Bleeding Kansas?" How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act lead to "Bleeding Kansas?"
Kansas-Nebraska Act
1. Passed in 1854.
Kansas-Nebraska Act 2. Proposed by Senator Stephen Douglas. Stephen Douglas.
Kansas-Nebraska Act 3. It let settlers in each territory vote on whether to allow slavery (Popular Sovereignty).
The Vote
1. Thousands of pro- slavery people from Missouri crossed the border into Kansas to vote for slavery.
"Bleeding Kansas"
1. Violence breaks out between pro- slavery and anti- slavery groups.
"Bleeding Kansas" 1. Violence breaks out between pro- slavery and anti- slavery groups. 2. "Beecher's Bibles."
"Bleeding Kansas" 1. Violence breaks out between pro- slavery and anti- slavery groups. 2. "Beecher's Bibles."
"Bleeding Kansas" 1. Violence breaks out between pro- slavery and anti- slavery groups. 2. "Beecher's Bibles." 3. John Brown and his sons killed 5 pro-slavery settlers at Pottawatomie Creek.
Violence in Congress
1. Preston Brooks (pro-slavery) caned Charles Sumner (anti- slavery) on the floor of the U.S. Senate.