1. Chapter 14-2: “Trouble in Kansas”

2. Who won the presidential election of 1852? 7

3. 1852 Presidential Election √ Franklin Pierce Gen. Winfield Scott John Parker Hale Democrat Whig Free Soil √ Franklin Pierce Gen. Winfield Scott John Parker Hale Democrat Whig Free Soil

4. 1852 Election Results

5. What brought about the Kansas- Nebraska Act? 8

6. Douglas and the Railroad 1.Stephen Douglas wants to build a coast to coast railroad beginning in his home state of Illinois (Chicago) 2.Southern Congressmen wanted the railroad to start in New Orleans 3.Douglas proposes to split the rest of the Louisiana Territory into two parts, slave and free (Kansas-Nebraska Act)

7. As a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the question of slavery is to be decided by popular sovereignty. The act sparked violence between pro-slavery and antislavery groups.

8. What was Bleeding Kansas? 9

9. Bleeding Kansas 1.People began rushing to Kansas to populate with people that are going to vote a certain way 2.Elections in 1855 were stacked with pro- slavery voting 3.Dueling governments were set up in Kansas at the same time: Both sides were armed and conflicts began 4.The Sack of Lawrence- pro-slavery settlers set fire to the town of Lawrence

10. Bleeding Kansas 5.Anti-slavery people strike back in the Pottawatomie Massacre. Brown and sons hack five men to death with broadswords (never punished) 6.Civil War breaks out in Kansas and 200 more die in fighting Brown- fight fire with fire

11. “Bleeding Kansas” Border “Ruffians” (pro-slavery Missourians)

12. How did the issues in Kansas effect Congress? 10

13. Bleeding Kansas Even the Senate gets violent as Preston Brooks attacks Charles Sumner with his cane because Sumner insulted Brooks’ relative, SC Senator Andrew Pickens Butler Sumner- antislavery Brooks- pro-slavery

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