Monday, December 11, 2023

Monday

 

  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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