Chapter 10.2A Rising Tice of Protest and Violence

Resistance Against the Fugitive Slave Law

What were Personal Liberty Laws?

How did the law for free blacks to try and win their liberty back hurt their chances?

What was the Christiana Riot?

How did the Underground Railroad work?

How did Delaney’s novel Blake influence the slave debate?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act Undoes the Missouri Compromise

How is the statement above possible? How did it undo the Missouri Compromise?

Why was the area called “Bleeding Kansas”?

The Lecompton and Topeka Constitutions. What was the difference between the two?

Bleeding Kansas 1855-56Spring of 1855 - Pro and anti-

slavery forces clash over legislative elections5,000 Missouri residents enter

KS, elect pro-slavery legislatureOnly 1,500 legal voters, over

6,000 votes cast

Anti-slavery supporters create Free State partyElect own legislature and

governor, adopt a constitution outlawing slavery

Pierce supports pro-slavery forces, calls Free party traitors

John Brown

May 1856 - Violence in Congress(What caused this to happen?)

Chapter 10.3Political Realignment Deepens the Crisis

The Shifting Political Scene

What were some issues that divided the Whigs?

What was the “Know-Nothing” Party and what caused its creation?

When did the Republican Party form? What did it form from?

Sectional Divisions Intensify

What did Buchanan promise to help him win the 1856 election?

How did Fremont, the Republican do in 1856?

Dred Scott

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