What happened at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in October 1859? How was John Brown viewed in the North and South?
– Troubled Times in the 1850s
1. What are the 5 bills pushed through Congress as part of the Compromise of 1850 (only need quick summaries/titles)?
2. How did many in the north resist the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
3. What happened in Kansas that earned it the nickname “Bleeding Kansas”?
4. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) is one of the most significant SCOTUS rulings in our history – What did it determine?
5. What happened at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in October 1859? How was John Brown viewed in the North and South?
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