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Chapter 10 Section 4

Chapter 10 Section 4. Kansas Territory- voters- free or slave state. Chapter 10 Section 4. Antislavery groups- NE- Emigrant Aid Societies “Free soilers”- end slavery in the territories Antislavery capital- Topeka Proslavery capital- Lecompton “Bleeding Kansas”

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Chapter 10 Section 4

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  1. Chapter 10 Section 4 Kansas Territory- voters- free or slave state

  2. Chapter 10 Section 4 • Antislavery groups- NE- Emigrant Aid Societies • “Free soilers”- end slavery in the territories • Antislavery capital- Topeka • Proslavery capital- Lecompton • “Bleeding Kansas” • John Brown- evangelical- end slavery • Pottawatomie Creek- proslavery settlement • 5 people killed • Looting- Lawrence

  3. Chapter 10 Section 4 • “Bleeding Sumner” • US Capitol • Charles Sumner- Senator- Massachusetts- “The Crime Against Kansas”- antislavery • Attacked Senator Andrew Butler- SC • Preston Brooks- House member- defend the South • Brooks beats Sumner with his cane

  4. Chapter 10 Section 4 • Election of 1856 • Democrats- James Buchanan • Republicans- John C. Fremont • “Know Nothings”- American Party- Millard Fillmore • Buchanan wins the election

  5. Chapter 10 Section 4 • March 1857- Dred Scott v. Sandford • Dred Scott- enslaved man- Missouri • Scott and wife Harriet • Couple was free • Why? They once lived- slavery- illegal • Supreme Court- 7 to 2 against Scott • Slaves not citizens and could not sue • Missouri Compromise- unconstitutional

  6. Chapter 10 Section 4 • Lecompton Constitution • Proslavery constitution • KS- territory- slavery legal • Senator Douglas- IL- 1858 • “The Little Giant”- popular sovereignty • Abraham Lincoln- Republican- runs against him • Lincoln-Douglas Debates

  7. Chapter 10 Section 4 • Lincoln- born in KY- log cabin- 1809 • Practiced law • Did not believe in a majority rule • Believed slavery- wrong • Douglas wins the election

  8. Chapter 10 Section 4 • October 16, 1859 • John Brown- attacked arsenal- Harpers Ferry, VA • Arsenal- weapons made or stored • US troops- Colonel Robert E. Lee • John Brown hanged

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