Chapter 9 Section 3

Troubles Build

1) The debate over slavery was turning ________________________.

Senator __________________________ of Massachusetts criticized Senator Andrew Butler of South Carolina. Congressman Preston Brooks went into the Senate and beat the senator really bad.

2) In 1854, Senator ______________________ of Illinois wanted to organize ________________________ into a

territory and have a railroad run through it to the Pacific.

VIOLENT

CHARLES SUMNER

STEPHEN DOUGLAS

NEBRASKA

SENATOR SUMNER

The territory was divided into _________________ and ____________________ Territory.

He decided slavery should be decided by _____________________________ (allowing the people to decide if they wanted slavery)

The people of ______________________________ did not want slavery since it did not have plantations.

After the ________________________________ Act was passed, people rushed to claim land in Kansas.

NEBRASKAKANSAS

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

NEBRASKA

KANSAS-NEBRASKA

3) The men of Kansas were _______________ - their ideas were different than those of most people.

_______________ was voted in but the vote was unfair since more than 4,500 unregistered (non citizens) voted.

Kansas was then split by two __________________________.

EXTREMISTS

SLAVERY

GOVERNMENTS

Major ______________________ broke out and pro-slavery extremists attacked anti-slavery people in Lawrence, Kansas. As retaliation, anti-slavery people attacked and killed 5 men and boys.

___________________________________ began to rock the area.

The territory became known as “_____________________________” after more than 200 people were killed.

VIOLENCE

BLOODY BATTLES AND KILLINGS

BLEEDING KANSAS

4) _________________________ was a slave in Missouri and went to court to get his freedom.

He argued that he should be ______________ since he lived in a free state for 4 years.

The __________________________ had to decide the case in 1857.

DRED SCOTT

FREED

SUPREME COURT

Chief Justice _______________________ wrote the majority decision:

1) Scott could not bring a _____________ since he was not a US citizen.

2) Slaves were __________________________. The owner could take him anywhere.

3) The ______________________________ was against the law.

____________________ had no power to decide where slavery could be allowed.

ROBERT TANEY

CASE

PROPERTY

MISSOURI COMPROMISE

CONGRESS

5) Upon the final decision, all ______________________ were now open to slavery once again.

6) __________________________ - a Democrat ran for Senator of Illinois in 1858 against

Republican nominee _____________________.

They held debates on the question of _________________________.

TERRITORIES

STEPHEN DOUGLAS

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

SLAVERY

____________________ believed the territories should decide their own fate on slavery.

____________________ was against slavery in all territories.

____________________ ended up winning the election.

DOUGLAS

LINCOLN

DOUGLAS

7) ________________________ was an abolitionist. He needed to end ___________________.

He and his men killed 5 ___________________ men in Kansas.

He then led a raid on _____________________ in October 1959.

He planned to take ______________________ and give them to ___________________ in order to lead a rebellion against slaveholders.

JOHN BROWN

SLAVERY

PRO-SLAVERY

HARPER’s FERRY, VIRGINIA

WEAPONSSLAVES

His attempt failed and ____________________ trapped him and killed several of his men.

He would be tried and ________________ in 1859.

SOLDIERS LED BY ROBERT E. LEE

HANGED

8) In 1860 ________________________ ran against _________________________ for the Presidency.

______________________ still supported popular sovereignty.

______________________ was still against slavery spreading to new territories.

______________________ won the election but did not win any Southern state.

STEPHEN DOUGLASABRAHAM LINCOLN

DOUGLAS

LINCOLN

LINCOLN

The ________________________ states felt they were becoming powerless.

The ________________________ states had a much bigger voting population (since they had no slaves) and the South thought they were more powerful

The ______________________ decided to secede (or break from) the Union.

SOUTHERN

NORTHERN

SOUTH

9) In December 1860, _______________ became the 1st state to secede.

By February 1861, ______________________________________________________________________________________ had seceded.

SOUTH CAROLINA

GEORGIA, FLORIDA, MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA, ALABAMA, AND TEXAS

10) The seceded states came to be known as the

_____________________________.They had a

_____________________________.

_________________________________ would become their President.

11) By March 1861 the Southern states had taken ____________________,

_______________, and __________.

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

CONSTITUTION

JEFFERSON DAVIS

U.S. FORTSPOST OFFICES BUILDINGS

12) Lincoln wanted to avoid a _____________________.

13) ____________________________ was located in South Carolina.Confederate troops knew the fort

was running low on ________________________.

Lincoln decided to send __________________ but not _________________________.

CIVIL WAR

FORT SUMTER

SUPPLIES

FOODWEAPONS AND SOLDIERS

Major ___________________________ refused to surrender the fort.

On ____________________________, the Confederates attacked the fort.

The next day, the __________________ surrendered.

____ people died and _____ were injured in the “battle”.

ROBERT ANDERSON

APRIL 12, 1861

UNION SOLDIERS

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The ________________________ had begun.

CIVIL WAR