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Kansas-Nebraska Act

Kansas-Nebraska Act. Proposed by Stephen Douglas of Illinois Created the territories of Kansas & Nebraska Repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Allowed for “popular sovereignty” in the territories

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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  1. Kansas-Nebraska Act Proposed by Stephen Douglas of Illinois • Created the territories of Kansas & Nebraska • Repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 • Allowed for “popular sovereignty” in the territories Popular sovereignty: political doctrine which stated that the people who lived in a region should determine for themselves the nature of their government (whether or not to have slavery)

  2. Bleeding Kansas • The term “Bleeding Kansas” was used by newspapers to describe the violence (200 dead, $2 million in property damage • 1st battleground between those for slavery and those who opposed it • Border ruffians: armed Missourians who voted illegally in Kansas to help elect a pro-slavery legislature

  3. Border Ruffians In Kansas

  4. John Brown & the Raid on Harpers Ferry Fervent abolitionist who led the raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. He hoped by arming slaves, he could lead an insurrection against slaveholders.

  5. Harpers Ferry, Virginia

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