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Kansas’ in the Civil War

Kansas’ in the Civil War. Kansas-Nebraska Act. Compromise of 1850- the territories of New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah would be organized without mention of slavery.

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Kansas’ in the Civil War

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  1. Kansas’ in the Civil War

  2. Kansas-Nebraska Act • Compromise of 1850- • the territories of New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah would be organized without mention of slavery. • Regarding Washington, the slave trade would be abolished in the District of Columbia, although slavery would still be permitted. • Finally, California would be admitted as a free state. • To pacify slave-state politicians, who would have objected to the imbalance created by adding another free state, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed.

  3. Kansas-Nebraska Act • Stephan Douglas • Wanted to settle the land west of Iowa and Missouri • Planned to do so by adding two states Kansas & Nebraska • Proposed the idea of Popular Sovereignty • Supported the repeal of the Missouri Compromise • Missouri Compromise made slavery illegal above the line of 36o30’

  4. Kansas-Nebraska Act In May 1854 the Kansas-Nebraska act became a law Nebraska would be a Free Territory, while Kansas’ fate would be determined by popular sovereignty All eyes turned toward Kansas

  5. Bleeding Kansas • “Come on, gentlemen of the Slave States…we will engage in competition for the virgin soil of Kansas and God give the victory to the side that is stronger in numbers as it is in right.” • New York Senator William Seward • From the North and the South settlers poured into Kansas

  6. Bleeding Kansas • New England Emigrant Aid • A group which was sending ammunition and settlers to Kansas to help swing the vote to a Free territory • Border Ruffians • Members of the slave state of Missouri sent to swing the vote to a Slave territory • Won the fraudulent vote and set up a Government in Lecompton and issued a series of proslavery acts

  7. Bleeding Kansas • The Sack of Lawrence • Anti-Slavery settlers founded a town named Lawrence • The Pro-slavery government called the members traitors and called on the local authorities to arrest them • On May 21, 1856 a proslavery posse of 800 men swept into Lawrence and burned down the headquarters of the anti-slavery group • Abolitionist newspapers dubbed the event the “Sack of Lawrence”

  8. The Pottawatomie Massacre • John Brown • On May 24th John brown and his followers pulled five men from their beds in the proslavery settlement of Potawatomie • He hacked off their hands and stabbed them with broadswords • This became the trigger of dozens of incidents throughout Kansas, which led to what is now known as Bleeding Kansas

  9. Battle of Black Jack • Black Jack • Arguably the first battle of the civil war • At dawn on June 2, 1856, the abolitionist John Brown led a Free-State militia in an attack on the camp of a pro-slavery militia led by Henry Clay Pate that was encamped along the Santa Fe Trail in southeastern Douglas County, Kansas Territory. Around 100 men fought an intense three hour battle that ended with Henry Clay Pate, the leader of the pro-slavery militia surrendering to Brown. This action became known as the Battle of Black Jack

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