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May 9, 2011 [4] [1] Goal: [4] [4]

Trouble in Kansas Notes
 * The debate over the expansion of slavery influenced the election of 1852
 * The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed voters to allow or prohibit slavery.
 * Pro-slavery and antislavery groups clashed violently in what became known as "Bleeding Kansas".
 * In 1852 the election was won by Franklin Pierce (democratic)
 * Stephen Douglas came up with a plan to make a railroad where he wanted if the rest of the Louisiana Purchase's federal land would be pro-slavery
 * Kansas-Nebraska Act was made by Douglas to divide the Louisiana Purchase into 2 territories (1 pro-slavery, 1 antislavery)
 * People that settled in Kansas were out-voted by people who came into Kansas (pro-slavery) and suddenly left after the voting


 * kansas-nebraska act
 * attack of lawrence
 * john browns response
 * brooks attacks sumner

Political parties in the US underwent change due to the movement to expand slavery The Dred Scott decision created further division over the issue of slavery The Lincoln-Douglas debates brought much attention to the conflict over slavery.

The split over the issue of slavery intensified due to political division and conflict over slavery.