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[] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Compromise_of_1850** www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2951.html The compromise of 1850 was a series of bills aimed at resolving the territorial and slavery controversies from the Mexican war. There was a compromise, the compromise of 1820 and that separated the U.S. in an unfair way for the southern states, and it divided it into slave states and free states. The compromise of 1850 decided that if a new state was added it would be decided if it was going to be a free state or slave state by popular vote. California was the first added state and it was voted a free state. The U.S. was also divided into territories. The U.S. was involved with the compromise 1850 it was a major event in slavery. The compromise was to solve controversies of the Mexican American war. The compromise of 1850 was trying to find a fair way of having slaves. The compromise was possible with the death of the President Zachary Taylor. Slavery was banned in the Territories.
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= Were this event took place… = The compromise took place with the northern and southern states of the U.S. The compromise of 1850 was a division of the U.S. The northern states thought it was unfair because they got to decide if they were free or have slavery. The compromise took place in the U.S.

= Long term impact… = The long-term impact from the compromise of 1850 is that The U.S. was divided into free and slavery states. The compromise really helped back then but not in the future. In the future the U.S. was free of slavery. Back in 1850 the compromise was great because it gave the states a chance to be free or have slavery. = How did this effect slavery… =  The compromise impacted slavery by dividing the U.S. into slave states and free states. The compromise changed slavery by having a vote to have free or slave states. The vote was by popular vote to be free or not. It could decrease or increase slavery, it depends on the vote.

27. Pierce- Kansas Nebraska Act (Bleeding Kansas)Caroline Worden
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[] Describe what the bleeding Kansas is. -1850-1860’s -1854, violence erupted between antislavery and proslavery groups -1855, the abolitionist John Brown directed the murder of five pro-slavery neighbors.

-1856, the peak of the violence in Bleeding Kansas was finishing, there was still this lingering problem. The violence was so great and fear so strong among pro-slave forces of the abolitionists coming out - Bleeding Kansas refers to the violent civil disturbances in Kansas over the question of whether the territory would be slave or free

The Bleeding Kansas was a very bad event that happened. This event happened in the 1850s. In 1854 violence erupted between antislavery and proslavery groups. In 1855 the abolitionist John Brown directed the murder of five pro-slavery neighbors. In 1856 the peak of the violence in bleeding Kansas was finishing, there was still this lingering problem. People involved in the bleeding Kansas. . . -Abolitionists like John Brown, pro slavery groups, rabble, Jay hawks, border ruffians and a wide variety of thieves, murderers and lesser criminals taking advantage of the unrest. -John Brown was a white man who was against slavery. He started a rebellion. -Kansas -Horace Greeley- was an American editor of a leading newspaper, a founder of the Libral Republican Party, a reformer, and a politician. His New York Tribune was America's most influential newspaper from the 1840s to the 1870s and "established Greeley's reputation as the greatest editor of his day." Greeley used it to promote the Whig and Republican parties, as well as oppostion slavery and a host of reforms.

The main person who was involved in the bleeding Kansas was John Brown. He was an abolitionist. He did not want slaves! He stated a rebellion. He was in Kansas at the time. Jay hawks were also involved in the bleeding Kansas too. Horace Greeley was also involved. He was an American editor of a leading newspaper. This event took place in. . . -Kansas and Missouri

- The eastern portion of Kansas along the Missouri River was as suitable for slave-based agriculture as the nearby "black belt" of Missouri in which most of Missouri's slaves were held

-The first organized immigration to Kansas Territory was by citizens of southern states, most notably neighboring Missouri who came to the territory to secure the expansion of slavery. Pro-slavery settlements were established by these immigrants at Leavenworth and Atchison.

-At the same time, several anti-slavery organizations in the North most notably the New England Emigrant Aid, were organizing to fund several thousand settlers to move to Kansas and vote to make it a free state.

-it also took place in Nebraska.

The bleeding Kansas takes place in Missouri and Kansas. The Missouri slaves were in the eastern portion of Kansas along the Missouri Riveror also known as the “black belt”. It also took place in Nebraska. This was known as kansas – nebraska act. The bleeding Kansas effected the north and the south. The southerners wanted slavery and the northerners did not. The bleeding Kansas kept Kansas and Nebraska out of the union after the Civil War. The southerners wanted slaves because they were farmers. The northern did not want slaves because they didn’t need it. So they fought about. How did it affect slavery?

The Bleeding Kansas affected slaves because the northerners did not want them. Northerners thought they were too expensive and did not want them. But southerners wanted slaves. Southerners wanted slave for farming.