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Bleeding Kansas – The Nation Begins to Break!
By: Mrs. Andreatta Chapter 14 Section 2
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Bleeding Kansas Anti-Slavery & Pro-Slavery supporters rush to Kansas for the vote. Pro-Slavery supporters win the vote & pass a new Fugitive Slave Law – allowing to put to death those who help slaves. Anti-Slavery state Gov. is created in protest.
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Bleeding Kansas - Continued
President Franklin Pierce recognized only Pro-Slavery Legislature (laws / bills) The issue of slavery impacts everyone in Kansas
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Violence in Kansas
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Attack on Lawrence, Kansas
Pro-Slavery grand jury charges Anti-Slavery gov. with treason. John Brown & sons kill 5 pro-slavery people at Pottawatomie Creek. Kansas breaks out in civil war! Representative Preston Brooks beats Charles Sumner unconscious with a cane on the House floor!
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Hotel attacked in Lawrence , Kansas
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John Brown - Young & Old
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Famous Painting – Harpers Ferry
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Brooks vs. Sumner – Harpers Weekly
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Forcing Slavery
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