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APUSH Review: “Bleeding Kansas”

www.Apushreview.com. APUSH Review: “Bleeding Kansas”. Everything You Need To K now About “Bleeding Kansas” To Succeed In APUSH. Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854). 1854 Law that allowed for popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska Territories Devised by the “Little Giant” Stephen Douglas

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APUSH Review: “Bleeding Kansas”

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  1. www.Apushreview.com APUSH Review: “Bleeding Kansas” Everything You Need To Know About “Bleeding Kansas” To Succeed In APUSH

  2. Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) • 1854 Law that allowed for popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska Territories • Devised by the “Little Giant” Stephen Douglas • The expectation was that Kansas would be slave, Nebraska would be free • Overturned the Missouri Compromise • Many in the North were upset • Helped lead to the creation of the Republican Party Stephen, why are you overturning my compromise bro?

  3. Lawrence, Kansas • Free-Soil city • Burned by pro-slavery individuals • Exhibited the tensions in KS over popular sovereignty and slavery

  4. Caning of Charles Sumner • Who was Charles Sumner? • Senator from Massachusetts • Abolitionist • Political speech, “Crime against Kansas”, criticized Douglas and Butler, Senator from SC • Enter Preston Brooks: • Relative of Butler • Wanted to defend honor of the South • The caning: • Brooks attacked Sumner at his desk with a cane • Sumner knocked unconscious • Showed deep tensions in Congress between North and South

  5. Potawatomie Creek • John Brown (Harpers Ferry fame) and his sons plot revenge for Lawrence and Charles Sumner • He and his followers kill 5 pro-slavery individuals • Brown and his followers leave Kansas • Fighting continues throughout the 1850s

  6. Lecompton Constitution • Kansas applied for statehood • Voters could vote for a constitution with or without slavery • HOWEVER, if they voted without slavery, those slaves that were already in Kansas could stay and be slaves • Sham election • Free-Soilers refuse to vote • President Buchanan supports the Constitution • Kansas does not become a state until early 1861, as a free state

  7. Impact of “Bleeding Kansas” • Democratic Party split along sectional lines • Northern Democrats: • Stephen Douglass • 1860 election all but guarantees the Democrats would not win • Abe Lincoln (Republican Party) wins the election • Civil War begins shortly after

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