1. Trouble in Kansas

2. The Election of 1852 Franklin Pierce: Democratic nominee
Winfield Scott:
Whig nominee who was a Mexican War hero

3. Election of 1852 Who won the elections: Pierce in a landslide
Why was the victory so large:
The south didn’t trust Scott because he did not fully support the Comp. of 1850

4. The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglas:
Illinois Congressman who supported a railroad to the Pacific

5. Kansas-Nebraska Act What obstacles held up the plan?
1. Resistance from Southern Congressman
Solution:
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Agreement:
Southern Congressmen will vote for railroad plan in return for a vote for the Kansas-Nebraska Act

6. Kansas-Nebraska Act Kansas-Nebraska Act:
Divided the rest of Louisiana territory into two parts Kansas & Nebraska
Significance:
Popular sovereignty would decide the question of slavery

7. The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Northern Reaction:
Outraged, Citizens protested and created petitions
Southern Reaction:
Strongly supported by citizens

8. Kansas-Nebraska Act May 30th, 1854:
Bill is passed and signed by Pierce
What happened to the Pacific railroad bill?
It doesn’t pass for another 6 years

9. Bleeding Kansas What was the contest?
Antislavery and Proslavery groups rushed to get people to vote in Kansas

10. Bleeding Kansas Lecompton territorial legislature:
Was a pro-slavery government
Pass pro-slavery laws
Example:
Anyone caught helping a fugitive slave could be punished by death

11. Bleeding Kansas Topeka territorial legislature:
Anti-slavery government

12. Bleeding Kansas Sacking of Lawrence:
700 proslavery supporters ransacked the city burned parts of it down
John Brown:
Former New Englander who led the Pottawatomie Massacre

13. Bleeding Kansas Pottawatomie Massacre:
A retaliatory attack by antislavery supporters that killed 5 proslavery men
Bleeding Kansas:
Civil War in Kansas

14. Bleeding Kansas Charles Sumner:
Massachusetts Senator that criticized proslavery efforts in Kansas
What Senator did he criticize in his speech:
Andrew Butler of South Carolina

15. Bleeding Kansas Preston Brooks:
Representative and relative of Butler who attacked Sumner with a cane