1. Today’s Aim: How did the debate over slavery escalate after 1850?

2. Abolitionist Voices Grow Louder
Many attempts to protect free blacks in the north in response to the Fugitive Slave Act:
Harriet Beecher Stowe writes
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1852)
Exposes horrors of slavery
South bans the book!
Abe Lincoln later said, “So this is the little lady who made the big war.”

3. The Powerful Story Why do you think the book was SO popular?
Stowe told the story of Uncle Tom, a slave noted for his kindness and devotion to his religion.
Tom is bought by a man named Simon Legree, a cruel planter who treats his slaves brutally!
In the end, Tom refuses to obey Legree’s order to whip another slave. So, Legree whips Tom to death.
Why do you think
the book was SO popular?

4. Kansas Nebraska Act 1854
Stephen Douglas (senator from Illinois) proposed the idea
ANOTHER attempt at compromise
Kansas and Nebraska would become new states
Popular sovereignty would decide issue of slavery in these 2 territories
Repeals Missouri Compromise…HOW?

5. WHICH REGION do you think the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
LIKED/SUPPORTED
the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Leaders from the SOUTH supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act because they were sure that slave owners from Missouri (which was right next door) would move across into Kansas...

6. Did the Kansas-Nebraska Act work?
While you watch:
Did the Kansas-Nebraska Act work?
What were the immediate results of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
VIDEO
1855: Kansas held elections to choose SLAVE/FREE
HUNDREDS crossed into Kansas and voted ILLEGALLY
They helped to elect a PRO-SLAVERY government!
Leads to “Bleeding Kansas”
Pro-Slavery and Anti-Slavery forces rush to Kansas for the vote = “Mini Civil War”

7. Dred Scott Decision 1857 Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri
In 1834 he was brought north into
Illinois with his master
Later - brought back to Missouri where
his master died
Scott claimed he was a free person because he once lived in a free state
Dred Scott v. Sandford heard by Supreme Court
Court ruled Scott was not a citizen and therefore, could NOT sue for his freedom
Slavery was ruled legal throughout western territories
Increases abolitionist causes to end slavery

8. The RESULTS of the Dred Scott case
The case was a major reason for the Election of anti-slavery candidate ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The case had a profound impact on America, and is commonly know as one of the most infamous cases in Supreme Court History...
NEXT UP: The CIVIL WAR!