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1. In the 1850s, the debate over slavery reached a new height over the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. Answer the following questions about the debate over Kansas and Nebraska.
a. How did leaders in the South react when California joined the United States in 1850? Why did they react this way?
b. In 1854, the newest territories being debated for statehood were Kansas and Nebraska. Why did leaders in the North believe they should be admitted as free states? Why did leaders in the South fear this outcome?
2. Stephen Douglas proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854. Answer two questions about the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
a. What were the two main outcomes of the act?
b. What did Douglas hope the Kansas-Nebraska Act would achieve?
3. In response to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Americans from the North and the South traveled to the territories to influence the vote. The violent conflict that resulted is known as "Bleeding Kansas." Put key events from the conflict in order by numbering them 1 through 6.
Order Events
Proslavery men, called "border ruffians," traveled to Kansas to vote and threaten people who opposed slavery. Leaders proposed to allow slavery in Kansas.
People in Kansas and Nebraska prepared to vote on whether to allow slavery in their territories. People expected Nebraska to become a free state and Kansas to become a slave state.
Proslavery men attacked the headquarters of antislavery organizers in Lawrence, Kansas. In response, John Brown led an attack on a proslavery town, killing five men.
Nebraska voted to become a free territory.
Members of Congress argued over the voting issues in Kansas. Proslavery senator Preston Brooks attacked antislavery senator Charles Sumner.
Kansas outlawed slavery, but the nation was still bitterly divided over the issue.
4. The Dred Scott decision created even more conflict between free states and slave states. Answer three questions about Dred Scott's case and the Supreme Court's decision.
a. Who was Dred Scott? What was his court case about?
b. What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case? Why did it make this decision?
c. How did the Supreme Court's decision affect the United States?