1. Chapter 10 Section 4 The System Fails

2. Free Soilers These people worked to end slavery in the territories – Came to Kansas Pro slavery did as well

3. What did free soilers hope to accomplish in Kansas? To make sure Kansas

4. How did the free soilers plan to accomplish their goals in Kansas? By settling the territory

5. Bleeding Kansas Pro slavery supporters looted abolitionist newspaper offices and homes

6. On the afternoon of May 22, 1856, Preston Smith Brooks (a Democratic Congressman from South Carolina) physically attacked Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts in the Senate chambers, hitting him on the head with his thick cane. Sumner was blinded by his own blood, and staggered away until he collapsed, lapsing into unconsciousness. Brooks continued to beat Sumner until he broke his cane. Several other senators attempted to help Sumner, but were blocked by Rep. Laurence Keitt, who was holding a pistol and shouting "Let them be!" This was in retaliation for insulting language Sumner used against Brooks's relative in a speech Sumner made that denounced Southerners for proslavery violence in Kansas. Sumner was beaten severely and did not return to his Senate desk for three years as a result of his injuries to the head and neck area; he became regarded as an antislavery martyr.

7. Explain how the events that occurred in Kansas and in Congress in 1856 support the message of the section’s title: “The System Fails.” The divisions between political parties and regions made the nation unable to find a compromise over slavery that would last

8. Dred Scott v Sanford Dred Scott (a slave) Living in Missouri Filed a suit against his owner

9. What was the legal impact of Dred Scott v. Sanford on the issue of slavery in the territories? Slaves could not sue in court because they were not citizens

10. Lincoln Douglas Debates A series of 7 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas on the issue of

11. The difference between Lincoln’s and Douglas’s views on slavery Lincoln believed slavery was wrong Believed slavery was a moral issue

12. Douglas was more tolerant of slavery

13. Arsenal A place where weapons are made or stored John Brown raided the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia

14. What do you believe was the greatest impact of John Brown’s raid? The raid deepened the division between the North and South