APUSH 5.6

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The conflicts that broke out between pro- and anti-slavery groups caused Kansas to be labeled:

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Bleeding Kansas

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Elected president in the 1852 election as the second Democratic "dark horse." He was a pro-southern northerner who supported the Fugitive Slave Law. He also supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

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Franklin Pierce

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According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act how was the issue of slavery in those territories decided?

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By a vote of the people there

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Massachusetts senator attacked with a cane after giving a speech attacking slavery. The attacker was seen as a criminal in the North and a hero in the South.

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Charles Sumner

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Which political party emerged in the 1850s to become the major alternative to the Democrats?

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Republican

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Controversial Supreme Court Case that led to all African Americans being declared noncitizens of the United States

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

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An open seat in the Senate for the state of Illinois led to a series of discussions on the issue of slavery.

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Lincoln-Douglas Debates