1. Section 2 Protest, Resistance, and Violence Why were the Fugitive Slave Act and the Kansas-Nebraska Act factors that led to war? How was the debate over slavery leading to violence?

2. 1. Energized Northern Abolitionists 2. Persuaded moderate Northerners to become more supportive of abolition (read bottom p. 288) 3. North responds by passing personal liberty laws = laws forbidding imprisonment of runaway slaves 4. Alienated the South, who felt that North was not keeping its part of the bargain in the Compromise of 1850 5. Increased sectionalism in the country & eroded support for federal govt. in both N and S.

4. Abolitionists form a network of people who helped escaped slaves to journey to Canada or northern states for freedom. The people who worked on this network, called the Underground Railroad, were called “conductors.” The most famous conductor was Harriet Tubman, who led over 300 slaves to freedom in 19 trips, despite a $40,000 bounty on her head.

5. Published in 1852 Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe, daughter of Rev. Beecher, abolitionist Reaction to Fugitive Slave Act Immensely popular in North, shapes attitudes toward slavery Influential in France and England Immense political impact in US and abroad

6. Theatre poster: Uncle Tom's Cabin With its vivid word pictures of slavery, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin translated well to the stage. Stowe herself was among the many who wrote dramatizations of the novel. Scenes of Eliza crossing the ice of the Ohio River with bloodhounds in pursuit and the evil Simon Legree whipping Uncle Tom outraged northern audiences and turned many against slavery. Southerners damned Mrs. Stowe as a "vile wretch in petticoats." ( Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.) Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

7. Stephen Douglas pushes for popular sovereignty to determine the status of the Kansas Territory and splitting into two: Kansas and Nebraska. Kansas-Nebraska Act passed in 1854. It nullifies (ends) the Missouri Compromise WHY?? Implied that Kansas to be Slave and Nebraska Free Free-soilers try to settle Kansas, touches off sectional conflict Only 2 slaves in Kansas, only 15 in Nebraska

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9. Why were the Fugitive Slave Act and the Kansas-Nebraska Act factors that led to conflict? http://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k- 12/collectionnavigator?cuecard=518

10. 1855: 1 st Election in Kansas Territory BORDER RUFFIANS (Slaveholders from Miss.) cross border illegally & win election Lecompton Constitution (pro-slavery) Free-soilers elect their own state govt. & own constitution. Sack of Lawrence What happened?? John Brown retaliates at Pottawatomie Creek, murders 5, leads to deaths of over 200. Civil strife continues in Kansas until end of Civil War

11. Charles Sumner, abolitionist senator, delivers speech entitled “The Crime Against Kansas,” attacking slavery and Southern Senators. Sumner is attacked by Preston Brooks on Senate Floor and beaten with a cane. N & S split in reaction to event. “First blows” of Civil War. Sumner suffers severe head injuries and is unable to serve in Senate for 3 years.

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14. Fugitive Slave Act Personal liberty law3s Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom’s Cabin Kansas-Nebraska Act John Brown Bleeding Kansas