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Discuss: Can a book change an individual,
community, or the world?
Tuesday, you will have a quiz on sections
16.1/16.2. Do you have any content questions.
Today, I will be able to discuss how “Uncle Tom’s
Cabin” change attitudes toward slavery. Explain
how the Dred Scott ruling decision divide the
nation.
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Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published the
book in 1852
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Goal was to persuade Northern women to
abandon indifference towards slavery, “something
they know is morally wrong, (J. Robson).
Sold 300,000 copies in the first year.
Kansas/Nebraska Act: Nebraska split
into 2 territories: Both territories would
exercise popular sovereignty
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Bleeding Kansas
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Sumner and Brooks: The attacked occurred on the
floor of the Senate, 22 May 1856.
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Brooks vs. Sumner
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Sumner a Senator from MA
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Brooks a Representative from SC
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Brooks was “protecting his uncle’s good name”
Southern chivalry.
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Supreme Court Chief Justice Taney
Scott was born into slavery in VA
Owned by an army doctor
Dred Scott
The court ruled a slave was not a citizen, thus had
no ability to bring a lawsuit to the court.
The court said that Congress didn’t have the
authority to outlaw slavery in any territory, which
means the Missouri Compromise was
unconstitutional.