Major Events & Conflicts Flashcards by Alejandra M.V.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

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Repealed the Missouri Compromise
Allowed popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska
Led to Bleeding Kansas

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Why Was Kansas Called “Bleeding Kansas?”

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Pro- and anti-slavery settlers clashed violently
Mini civil war—over 200 people died
Showed popular sovereignty could lead to chaos

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Sumner-Brooks Affair (1856)

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Senator Charles Sumner gave anti-slavery speech insulting Southern senators
Representative Preston Brooks beat him with a cane on the Senate floor
Deepened North-South divide

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John Brown’s Raid (1859)

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Attempt to start a slave revolt by seizing the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, VA
Failed; Brown was captured and executed
Viewed as a martyr in the North, terrorist in the South

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