Analyze the sectional crisis 1850-1860 — Compromise of 1850 + Fugitive Slave Act + Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852 + Kansas-Nebraska 1854 + Bleeding Kansas + Dred Scott 1857 + Lincoln-Douglas 1858 + John Brown's Harpers Ferry October 1859 — as escalating conflict over slavery's expansion
Exercise
Difficulty 3
~8 min
hist.g8.f.ex_11
Short Answer
Prompt
Apply Q9 LOST-CAUSE-DETECTION to claim 'Bleeding Kansas was just frontier violence.' Refute with 2 pieces of evidence of organized political action.
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Answer criteria
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- Names Q9 verdict
- Cites pro-slavery border ruffians (organized MO Democratic action) + Free-State counter-government
- OR cites Lecompton Constitution 1857 OR Sumner Caning May 22 1856
Hints
- Border ruffians were organized Democratic Party action.
- Free-State Kansans organized a counter-government.
Misconceptions to watch
- Treating Bleeding Kansas as random violence
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