Bleeding Kansas Web Quest

Bleeding Kansas Web Quest

By Carly Johnson

​https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/bleeding-kansas

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​Use the following website to answer questions 1-4

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1. What date was the Kansas Nebraska Act created?

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2.  Summarize what the bill did.

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3. Who did the Kansas Nebraska act create conflict between?

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4. Why did the number of Pro Slavery or Anti Slavery people living in the Kansas Nebraska Territory matter?

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https://bit.ly/histbleedingkansas​

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​Use the following website to answer questions 5-8

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5. Why were Americans, both Northern and Southern, moving out to Kansas or Nebraska?

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6. Why do you think the two sides are using violence on each other? 

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7. Do people still fight when they disagree about things in America? How is it similar to Bleeding Kansas, and how is it different?

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8.  Why are the Southerners willing to do anything to keep their slaves?

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​http://totallyhistory.com/pottawatomie-massacre/

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​Use the following website to answer questions 9-12

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9. Was John Brown for or against slavery?

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10. Why did John Brown and his followers go to the home of James Doyle?

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11. How did Brown and his men treat Doyle and his sons?

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12. What was John Brown trying to do by visiting all of these men that night?

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13. What happened as a result of the Pottawatomie Massacre?

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How did slavery cause Bleeding Kansas to happen? You can use the sentence stems to help you write your answer.