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Mini Lesson – Chapter 15. “Whacks at the Wedge”. Compromise of 1850 – Fugitive Slave Act Kansas-Nebraska Act “Bleeding Kansas” James Buchanan Dred Scott Decision. Compromise of 1850. Fugitive Slave Act. Kansas – Nebraska Act. Kansas want to join the United States – Slave or Free?.
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Mini Lesson – Chapter 15 “Whacks at the Wedge” Compromise of 1850 – Fugitive Slave Act Kansas-Nebraska Act “Bleeding Kansas” James Buchanan Dred Scott Decision
Compromise of 1850 Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas – Nebraska Act Kansas want to join the United States – Slave or Free? Popular Sovereignty – Voters decide the issue of slavery in their state. Stephen Douglas • http://www.sonofthesouth.net/slavery/pictures/stephen-a-douglas.jpg
“Bleeding Kansas” Sack of Lawrence – Proslavery Attack Pottawatomie Massacre – Antislavery Attack A Civil War in Kansas - Foreshadowing future events in the US Free State John Brown http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/87.3/images/mr_7_f1.jpg
Election of 1856 - James Buchanan Election of 1856 2 races 1 in the North 1 in the South Buchanan wins the North (greater population = electoral votes) http://www.visitingdc.com/images/james-buchanan-picture.jpg
Dred Scott Decision Chief Justice Roger Taney http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/d/da/203px-Roger_Taney.jpg Dred Scott Slaves are property – 5th Amendment! “Life, Liberty, and Property…” http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3a00000/3a08000/3a08400/3a08411r.jpg