Warm Up:

1. What was the result of Nat Turners slave rebellion?

A. abolition
B. increased voting rights
C. greater restrictions on free and enslaved African-Americans
D. increased states rights
2. Which of the following BEST explains how slavery became a significant issue in
American politics?
A. Slaves began to protest slavery through demonstrations and marches
B. Abolitionists and slave owners began to agree that slavery was beneficial in
some regards
C. Women's rights issues were solved so slavery became the new issue of
importance
D. Disagreement between Northerners and Southerners and the threat of slave
rebellions led to increased tensions
3. Which of the following BEST describes the work of the Grimke sisters?
A. They worked aggressively to keep slavery in the South
B. They were the daughters of slave owners who worked for the abolitionist
movement
C. They were white former slave owners who believed that slavery was not an
important issue
D. They were womens rights activist that believed slavery was justified.

March
to
Civil
War

Mexican-American
War
Texas wanted to
become a state,
but U.S hesitated
due to slavery
Texas became a state, but
was a dispute between
Mexico and US
on size.
US wins war by a lot.
Takes all of California and SW US
with the Treaty of Gaudaloupe

Wilmot
Proviso
Would new
territory from
Mexico allow
slavery?
Bill proposed
banning slavery
from land purchased
from Mexico; it failed
Stirred debate, sectionalism

Compromise of 1850
Admitted California
as free state
Utah and New
Mexico could
decide by popular
sovereignty (will of
the majority)
Vote to allow, ban
Fugitive Slave Law:
Forced northern states to return escaped slaves
to Southern owners

Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

Allowed KS, NE to
choose through
popular sovereignty
whether to permit
slavery
Bleeding Kansas:
Armed clashes
between two sides
Southern congressman
beats, almost kills Northern congressman who
denounced act

Dred Scott Decision (1857)

Scott sued for
freedom after he was
taken to free territory
Supreme Court:
Cant sue because
not a citizen
Owner cant be
deprived of property
Struck down Missouri
Compromise
Allowed southern segregation for decades more

John Browns Raid (1859)

Brown killed 5
during Bleeding
Kansas
Led abolitionists
in attack of
federal base at
Harpers Ferry
Goal: get
weapons, give
to slaves for
armed rebellion
Plan failed, Brown hanged
Southern resentment of abolitionists intensifies

Dred Scott Excerpts

1. On what basis did Scott first sue for his freedom?
2. How does the decision describe a free negro of
African race?
3. How had negroes been regarded for more than a
century? And whats the mean for his rights?
4. Why doesnt all men are created equal apply to
blacks?
5. What does the decision say about changes in
public opinion?
6. What does every citizen have a right to take with
him anywhere he goes?
7. How does the Constitution recognize slaves? What
can Congress not exercise?

Review
1. The Compromise of 1850 conflicted with the Missouri
Compromise because
A. It restricted slavery to states below the Mason-Dixon Line
B. It assured the Congress would maintain a balance between
free and slave states
C. It allowed states to determine their slave status
D. It called for an end to slavery by the beginning of the 20th
century
2. The Wilmot Proviso, The Missouri Compromise and
Compromise of 1850 were all designed to
A. End slavery in the South
B. Emancipate slave
C. extend slavery to new US territories
D. deal with the issue of slavery in new territories

3. Which question caused the most controversy in the U.S. Congress from
the early 1800s through the 1850s?
A. Should new states be admitted as free or slave states?
B. Should the right to vote be extended to women?
C. Should one branch of government have more power than another?
D. Should quotas be set for immigrants entering the country?
4. According to the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854, whether a state was free
or slave would be determined by
A. the time of each presidential election
B. a majority vote in Congress
C. a vote in the state legislature
D. popular sovereignty
5. Why did Dred Scott bring a case before the Supreme Court?
A. He believed we was entitled to receive money according to the will of his
former owner
B. He wanted to sue for his freedom
C. He wanted to outlaw slavery in all states
D. He wanted citizenship in multiple states

6. What was the effect of the Dred Scott case decision?

A. It unified the North in its support of slavery
B. It prompted federal support of states rights
C. It incited further sectionalism in the country
D. It led the Congress to briefly dissolve the Supreme Court
7. Which of the following describes John Brown raid on Harpers
Ferry?
A. He stole ammunition in an unsuccessful attempt to start a
slave uprising
B. He planned to kill abolitionists working to make Kansas a
free state
C. He seized federal weapons as part of a plan to kill antislavery Congressmen
D. He believed God had inspired him to kill slaves in order to
end slavery