M17,L2, Trouble In Kansas

the murder of five pro-slavery men at Pottawatomie Creek by John Brown and several other abolitionists

(Vocab word)

• Boston Massacre

• Creek Massacre

• Pottawatomie Massacre

• Abolitionist Massacre

the law that divided the rest of the Louisiana Purchase into two territories—Kansas and Nebraska

(vocab word)

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Louisiana Purchase Division Agreement

• Territorial Act

Massachusetts senator who was an outspoken critic of proslavery leaders

(vocab word)

• Franklin Pierce

• Stephen Douglas

• Charles Sumner

• Preston Brooks

South Carolina representative who used a cane to beat Charles Sumner on the Senate floor for his criticisms of pro-slavery leaders

(vocab word)

• Franklin Pierce

• Stephen Douglas

• Charles Sumner

• Preston Brooks

Democratic candidate who won the presidential election of 1852

(vocab word)

• Franklin Pierce

• Stephen Douglas

• Charles Sumner

• Preston Brooks

senator who introduced what would become the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Franklin Pierce

• Stephen Douglas

• Charles Sumner

• Preston Brooks

In the 1852 presidential election, the Democratic Party selected _____as its candidate because he was a northerner who supported the Fugitive Slave Act.

(pg 548 1st paragraph)

• Millard Filmore

• Franklin Pierce

• Winfield Scott

• John P. Hale

Why did the Democratic Party choose Franklin Pierce as its candidate in the 1852 presidential election?

(pg 548)

• He was a pro-slavery northerner.

• He opposed the Fugitive Slave Act.

• He was an abolitionist southerner.

• He served in the Mexican-American War.

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act alter parts of the Missouri Compromise?

(pg 549, 4th paragraph)

• States north of 36°30' N latitude would be admitted to the Union as slave states.

• States south of 36°30' N latitude would be admitted to the Union as free states.

• Slavery would be decided by the people in the territories of the Mexican Cession now.

proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Stephen Douglas wanted to use the governmental __________ to determine if slavery would be allowed in the new territories.

(you need to know the meaning of these words to decide. You can read about the Kansas-Nebraska Act on pg 549)

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty

• republicanism

• separation of powers