1. Review from last week
Kansas-Nebraska Act: Kansas is almost ready to be a state- To slave or not? Stephan Douglas looked to avoid more issues so he proposes putting Popular Sovereignty into place in Kansas and Nebraska Allowing the people there to vote and decide if they want slavery- Eliminated Missouri Compromise Issues: Bleeding Kansas: Pro Slavery and Anti-Slavery people rush to Kansas to sway the vote They obviously don’t get along and fight-John Brown Bleeding Sumner: In Congress, things get heated over debates about Bleeding Kansas

2. Goal: Examine how the conflict over slavery impacted the country
Dred Scott’s America
Goal: Examine how the conflict over slavery impacted the country

3. Dred Scott Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri
His owner moved to Wisconsin and took his slave with him
The owner later moved back to Missouri
Years later Dred Scott decided to sue for his freedom since Wisconsin was a free territory
Dred Scott

4. Dred Scott v. Sandford Dred Scott’s case reached the Supreme Court
Gave Supreme Court opportunity to address issue of slavery
Decision: Supreme Court (Chief Justice Roger Taney) found that Scott was a slave and therefore property (could not sue)
Went further: Constitution protected slavery
Congress cannot ban it
People cannot vote it away

5. Discuss Why was Dred Scott going to court?
What did the Supreme Court decide?
How do you predict the Dred Scott decision will impact America?
Discuss

6. Reaction to Dred Scott Case
Supported Southerners beliefs
Court stated that nothing could stop slavery
Limiting the spread of slavery illegal
Abolitionist views deemed unconstitutional
Primary belief of Abolitionists was to stop expansion of slavery
Stated that slavery could NOT be illegal anywhere in US

7. Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln ran against each other for Senate
They had a series of debates
Main topic: Expansion of Slavery
Lincoln was able to force Douglas to take a side on slavery
Lincoln argued in favor of keeping the Union together
Douglas won election but Lincoln became well known

8. Harpers Ferry
Anti- slavery leader John Brown planned to start a slave revolt in Virginia
Plan
Raid a federal weapons arsenal at Harpers Ferry
Arm slaves in Virginia
Sweep through the south freeing slaves and killing slave owners
Plan failed as no slaves joined him, he was captured and executed
South disgusted when North views Brown as hero

9. Which of the things talked about today divided the nation the most?
Reflection
Which of the things talked about today divided the nation the most?