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CHAPTER 15:
A Divided Nation
     Section 2:
  Trouble in Kansas
THE ELECTION OF 1852
 Franklin Pierce (Democrat) defeats
Winfield Scott (Whig)
 • Because Pierce supported the
 Compromise of 1850
“The slavery issue has been put
     to rest, an no sectional
 excitement may again threaten
the durability of our institutions”
THE KANSAS –
     NEBRASKA ACT
 1854 - South wants to open up
more land to popular sovereignty
THE KANSAS –
     NEBRASKA ACT
 Congress passes the Kansas –
Nebraska Act
 • Divides remainder of Louisiana
 Purchase into Kansas & Nebraska
 Territories
 • Popular sovereignty in both
The Kansas – Nebraska Act
KANSAS IS DIVIDED

Abolitionist
and pro-
slavery
groups rush
supporters
to go live in
Kansas
1855
 Kansas
Elections
KANSAS IS DIVIDED
 Pro-slavery
groups win the
election because
of fraud
 So
abolitionists
form their own
government
Topeka
                     Lecompton




Two Capital Cities in Kansas
Kansas         Kansas
abolitionist   pro-slavery
   flag           flag
BLEEDING KANSAS
 Tensions rise and the two groups
begin to fight
Pro-slavery
 “sack” of
 Lawrence
Abolitionist
“Pottawatomie
  Massacre”
    led by
 John Brown
BLEEDING KANSAS
 “Bleeding Kansas” is a statewide
civil war
BLEEDING KANSAS
 Over 200 people were killed
Pro-slavery Senator Preston Brooks beats
abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner with
  a cane on the floor of the U.S. Senate

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