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Splash Screen. Chapter Introduction Section 1: Slavery and the West Section 2: A Nation Dividing Section 3: Challenges to Slavery Section 4: Secession and War Visual Summary. Chapter Menu. How did popular sovereignty lead to violence in Kansas?. Section 2-Essential Question.
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Chapter Introduction Section 1:Slavery and the West Section 2:A Nation Dividing Section 3:Challenges to Slavery Section 4:Secession and War Visual Summary Chapter Menu
How did popular sovereignty lead to violence in Kansas? Section 2-Essential Question
Reading Guide Content Vocabulary • popular sovereignty • border ruffians • civil war Academic Vocabulary • network • inevitable Section 2-Key Terms
Reading Guide (cont.) Key People and Events • Fugitive Slave Act • Kansas-Nebraska Act • John Brown Section 2-Key Terms
The Fugitive Slave Act The Fugitive Slave Act required all citizens to help catch runaways, yet many Northerners refused to cooperate. Section 2
The Fugitive Slave Act (cont.) • The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required all citizens to help catch runaways. • Anyone who aided a fugitive could be fined or imprisoned. Section 2
The Fugitive Slave Act (cont.) • After the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act, Southern slave owners stepped up their efforts to capture runaway slaves who made their way north along the network of safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. Section 2
The Kansas-Nebraska Act The Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted from another dispute over slavery in Congress. Section 2
The Kansas-Nebraska Act (cont.) • Both Kansas and Nebraska were North of the 36°30'N latitude, meaning they would be free states when admitted to the Union. • The 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed for popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery. Slavery and Sectionalism Section 2
The Kansas-Nebraska Act (cont.) • In Kansas a pro-slavery legislature was elected because of border ruffians from Missouri who voted in Kansas. Antislavery groups formed their own government. • An outbreak of violence became inevitable, and a civil war erupted in Kansas. • John Brown led antislavery forces in retaliation against pro-slavery attacks in Lawrence. Section 2
How did popular sovereignty lead to violence in Kansas? Section 2-Essential Question
Section Transparencies Menu Daily Test Practice Transparency 15–1 Lesson Transparency 15A Lesson Transparency 15B Select a transparency to view. S1 Trans Menu
Section Transparencies Menu Daily Test Practice Transparency 15–2 Lesson Transparency 15A Lesson Transparency 15B Select a transparency to view. S2 Trans Menu
Section Transparencies Menu Daily Test Practice Transparency 15–3 Lesson Transparency 15B Select a transparency to view. S3 Trans Menu
Section Transparencies Menu Daily Test Practice Transparency 15–4 Lesson Transparency 15C Select a transparency to view. S4 Trans Menu
sectionalism loyalty to a region Vocab1
fugitive running away or trying to run away Vocab2
secede to leave or withdraw Vocab3
abstain to not take part in some activity, such as voting Vocab4
temporary not lasting Vocab5
regulate to control Vocab6
popular sovereignty political theory that government is subject to the will of the people; before the Civil War, the idea that people living in a territory had the right to decide by voting if slavery would be allowed there Vocab7
border ruffian Missourian who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas’s election during the mid-1850s Vocab8
civil war a conflict between citizens of the same country Vocab9
network an interconnected system of people or things Vocab10
inevitable unavoidable Vocab11
arsenal a storage place for weapons and ammunition Vocab12
martyr a person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or cause Vocab13
rigid firm and inflexible Vocab14
topic subject of discussion Vocab15
secession withdrawal from the Union Vocab16