The Nation Splits Apart

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The Nation Splits Apart

• Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding
  Kansas, Dred Scott, John Brown

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1. What issue was the fighting in Bleeding
Kansas over?

• Slavery
• Use of popular sovereignty to vote on slave issue

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2. Describe the incident known as the Marais des
Cygnes Massacre.

• 30 PRO-slavery men rounded up 11 ANTI-slavery
  settlers
• Gunned them down in a ravine
• 5 died

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3. How did the result of the Mexican-American
War cause problems about slavery?

• 500,000 square miles of territory added
• Will the new states allow slavery?

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Mexican-American War Territory
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4. What was the argument in Congress about
concerning slavery?

• Adding more free or slave states could cause an
  unequal balance of votes in Congress
• More free abolition of slaver
• More slave national laws allowing slavery
  everywhere

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5. Why would California becoming a Free State
cause problems in Congress?

• Free states would have more votes in Congress
• South didnt like that

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6. What was the Fugitive Slave Act

• Runaway slaves had to be returned to their owners
• People who helped aid slaves (like the
  underground railroad) could be charged with a
  federal crime

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7. Briefly list the 5 provisions (or
requirements) of the Compromise of 1850.

• 1. California free state
• 2. set Texas-New Mexico border
• 3. New Mexico and Utah use popular sovereignty
  to vote for/against slavery
• 4. strengthen Fugitive Slave Act
• 5. Outlawed slave trade (not slavery) in
  Washington, D.C

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8. Briefly list the two provisions of the
Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• 1. Organized Kansas-Nebraska Territories
• 2. use popular sovereignty to vote for/against
  slavery

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9. How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act affect
political parties

• Weakened Democrats (mostly pro-slavery, South)
• Destroyed Whig Party
• Whigs and Free Soil Party joined
• Republican Party founded (mostly anti-slavery,
  North)

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10. What is popular Sovereignty?

• Latin translation people rule
• People vote on an issue instead of letting their
  representatives in House and Senate vote

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11. Describe the Sack of Lawrence.

• A sheriff's posse (thugs) attacked anti-slavery
  newspapers and burned buildings

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12. What was John Browns response to the Sack
of Lawrence?

• Killed 5 PRO-slavery settlers

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13. What was the Republican viewpoint on slavery?

• Mostly anti-slavery
• Some extreme Abolitionists

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14. Why did Dred Scott believe he deserved his
freedom from slavery?

• He had lived on free-soil for many years, but
  was still enslaved

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15. Was John Browns raid on Harpers Ferry
Arsenal (a place where the military stores
weapons) a success or a failure? Why?

• Success? brings attention to abolitions
  movement, northerners viewed him as a hero
• Failure? failed to start a slave revolt, got
  caught and hanged

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• John Browns Body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
• John Browns Body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
• John Browns Body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
• But his soul goes marching on.
• The stars above in Heaven are looking kindly
  down,
• The stars above in Heaven are looking kindly
  down,
• The stars above in Heaven are looking kindly
  down,
• On the grave of old John Brown.
• He captured Harpers Ferry with his nineteen men
  so true,
• They frightened Old Virginny till she trembled
  through and through,
• They hanged him for a traitor, they themselves
  the traitor crew,
• His soul goes marching on.
• Well hes gone to be a soldier in the Army of the
  Lord,
• Hes gone to be a soldier in the Army of the
  Lord,
• Hes gone to be a soldier in the Army of the
  Lord,
• But his soul goes marching on.