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1 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 –

2 The Fugitive Slave Act (est. 1850)
Allowed South to go into North to find runaways Jail (non-cooperate)

3 The Underground RailRoad
Escape route to the North “Conductors” – led the runaways “Stations” – hideouts

4 Harriet Tubman ( ) “Black Moses” Freed 300+ slaves

5 Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Book = 1852 Showed how awful slavery was Banned in South

6 Tensions Rise Over Kansas Senator Stephen Douglas (Illinois)
Seen as the next “great” USA leader Bring in Kansas as next US state 1853

7 Popular Sovereignty in Kansas
Douglas thought the people of Kansas should vote Yes/No – slavery

8 Kansas-Nebraska ACT Repeals the Missouri Compromise (1854)
North says that vote is unfair Both States above the Missouri Southern border

9 “Bleeding Kansas” (1855-1856) Vote - 1855
Pro- and anti-slave factions flood Kansas to influence the vote Pro-slave wins

10 John Brown (1800-1860) Anti-slavery fanatic Attacked pro-slave camp
Slaughtered 5 people

11 The Sack of Lawrence, Kansas (May 1856)
Mini-Civil War Violence between pro-/anti- slave 200 killed /$2 million property damage

12 Birth of the Republican Party (February 28, 1854)
Formed to keep slavery out of the remaining unsettled lands


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