History Unit 8 Violence and Protest Flashcards
What does uncle to, do in the novel
Submit to the horrors of slavery
Doesn’t fight back, run away. He’s submissive
Who wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and when
1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe
How many copies were sold in the first year and who mostly bought them
300,000
Most abolitionists
Further divides the north and south
When was the Kansas Nebraska Act made
1854
The Kansas Nebraska Act
Senator Stephen Douglass (ILL)
Proposes creation of governments in Kansas and Nebraska territories
Popular Sovereignty decides slavery
What does the Kansas Nebraska Act lead to
Bleeding Kansas
What did the border ruffians do
Crosses border from MO (slave state) into Kansas
Used violence to force voters pro slavery
What did northern abolitionists do to bleeding Kansas
Also flood Kansas
Establish Lawrence, Kansas
Two established governments apply for statehood
What is the feud between Missouri and Kansas
Border war
John Brown
Staunch anti slavery advocate
Why does John Brown go to Kansas and what does he do there
Hears news of Border Ruffians raid on Lawrence
Finds a settlement of ruffians at Pottawatomie Creek
Violently executes 5 with swords, muskets, knives
How is John Brown regarded when he returns from Pottawatomie Creek?
He returns as a hero. Not the last time we’ll hear from him
What does Charles Sumner of MA deliver and when
The Crime Against Kansas Speech (1856)
What does Sumner do in this speech and what is the result
Insults SC senator Andrew Butler
Butlers nephew beats Sumner unconscious w a cane
When is Kansas finally admitted as a free state
1861
