1. Charles Sumner vs. Preston Brooks
Senate violence
Charles Sumner vs. Preston Brooks

2. The Dred Scott decision
Dred Scott was a Slave in Missouri
Moved to the free territory of Wisconsin
Lawsuit Issued
Supreme Court Decision
Slaves cannot file lawsuits because they were not citizens
Slaves are officially deemed property
Supreme Court ruled that Congress did not have the power to ban slavery in any of the territories
The Missouri Compromise was deemed unconstitutional

3. “We are now one great…slaveholding community”
Reactions
“Where will it all end?”

4. Review
After Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, violence broke out in Kansas because
a) the Kansas-Nebraska Act backed up the Missouri Compromise.
b) a congressman from Kansas beat up a senator from Nebraska.
c) proslavery and antislavery forces were battling to gain control of the Kansas territory.
d) slave owners tried to return Dred Scott to slavery.
One reason the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision shocked some Americans was because the decision declared that
a) Congress could outlaw slavery in any territory.
b) northern African Americans could ask northern whites for help to end slavery.
c) slaves were property in the same way that horses and sheep were property.
d) Dred Scott was a second-class citizen.

5. Review
After Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, violence broke out in Kansas because
a) the Kansas-Nebraska Act backed up the Missouri Compromise.
b) a congressman from Kansas beat up a senator from Nebraska.
c) proslavery and antislavery forces were battling to gain control of the Kansas territory.
d) slave owners tried to return Dred Scott to slavery.
One reason the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision shocked some Americans was because the decision declared that
a) Congress could outlaw slavery in any territory.
b) northern African Americans could ask northern whites for help to end slavery.
c) Dred Scott was a second-class citizen.
d) slaves were property in the same way that horses and sheep were property.