1. Aim #35: How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act lead to more sectional conflict? Do now! 1.Answer question about Compromise of 1850 on handout 2.Read excerpts from both speeches and answer accompanying questions 3.Don’t forget, first set of packet notes due tomorrow

2. 2 Missouri Compromise of 1820 line Slavery not allowed under Missouri Compromise Slavery allowed under Missouri Compromise The status of slavery in the territories before the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854

3. Discussion: 1. After the admission of California as a free state in 1850, why would the South’s insistence on popular sovereignty in the territories grow stronger? (Hint: What did the entry of California do to the balance between free and slaveholding states?) 2. When northern abolitionists and free-soilers (anti-slavery party) looked at the map of 1854, what might have caused them concern? When southern slaveholders looked at the map, what would have concerned them?

4. Map Bleeding Kan Attacks by free-states Attacks by pro-slavery states (Led by John Brown) Kansas/Nebraska Act led to several acts of violence between pro- slavery settlers and anti-slavery settlers. Kansas/Nebraska Act led to several acts of violence between pro- slavery settlers and anti-slavery settlers. First violent outbreaks between North/South. First violent outbreaks between North/South. John Brown John Brown First battles of the Civil War begin in Kansas in 1856. First battles of the Civil War begin in Kansas in 1856. Over 200 killed Over 200 killed

5. (I) KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT (1854) a.Nebraska territory divided into 2 parts: Nebraska and Kansas b.Under Missouri Compromise, any states added over the 36, 30 line would be free 1.Kansas-Nebraska Act cancels out Missouri Compromise 2.Decision over slavery left to the people (popular sovereignty) c. Both states border Missouri: antislavery and proslavery come to Kansas to vote, leads to “Bleeding Kansas” (over 600 people eventually killed) 1.Lawrence, Kansas (proslavery) 2.Pottawatomie Creek: raid on proslavery settlers by John Brown a militant abolitionist d. Violence even erupted on Senate floor (Caning of Charles Sumner) (video clip)

6. In 1856, Preston Brooks, a Representative from South Carolina attacked the outspoken anti-slavery Senator Charles Sumner in the Senate chamber. He beat him severely and Sumner’s injuries prevented him from attending the Senate for the next three years.