We are going to look at a handout from Don't Know Much About History (Zachary Taylor to Lincoln).
Things you will need to know:
The Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
Dred Scott Case
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
John Brown and Harper's Ferry
Presidents 12-16
1. Bleeding Kansas was the result of what law passed by Congress?
2. What did they call the pro-slavery voters that crossed over from Missouri to vote in the Kansas election?
3. Who was the Senator that was attacked on the floor of the Senate after speaking out against the pro-slavery group in Kansas?
4. Who was the abolitionist that took revenge on the pro-slavery group?
5. How do you think that actions in Kansas affected western expansion?
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