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The Union in Disunion. US History. Objectives **Evaluate how the Fugitive Slave Act heightened sectional tensions **Summarize the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act SOL – VUS.6 Timeline – 1850-1856. The Fugitive Slave Act (est. 1850). Allowed South to go into North to find runaways
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The Union in Disunion US History Objectives **Evaluate how the Fugitive Slave Act heightened sectional tensions **Summarize the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act SOL – VUS.6 Timeline – 1850-1856
The Fugitive Slave Act (est. 1850) • Allowed South to go into North to find runaways • Jail (non-cooperate)
The Underground RailRoad • Escape route to the North • “Conductors” – led the runaways • “Stations” – hideouts
Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) • “Black Moses” • Freed 300+ slaves
Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom’s Cabin • Book = 1852 • Showed how awful slavery was • Banned in South
Tensions Rise Over KansasSenator Stephen Douglas (Illinois) • Seen as the next “great” USA leader • Bring in Kansas as next US state • 1853
Popular Sovereignty in Kansas • Douglas thought the people of Kansas should vote • Yes/No – slavery
Kansas-Nebraska ACT Repeals the Missouri Compromise (1854) • North says that vote is unfair • Both States above the Missouri Southern border
“Bleeding Kansas” (1855-1856) • Vote - 1855 • Pro- and anti-slave factions flood Kansas to influence the vote • Pro-slave wins
John Brown(1800-1860) • Anti-slavery fanatic • Attacked pro-slave camp • Slaughtered5 people
The Sack of Lawrence, Kansas (May 1856) • Mini-Civil War • Violence between pro-/anti- slave • 200 killed /$2 million property damage
Birth of the Republican Party (February 28, 1854) • Formed to keep slavery out of the remaining unsettled lands