Question

Step One:
Create a Top Five list of events related to westward expansion that affected African Americans. Review the lesson for compromises and consequences to help make your list. Events you should consider include the following:

Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Fugitive Slave Act
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Bleeding Kansas
Harpers Ferry

Step Two:
Explain your reasoning for the item you ranked as the #1 event with strongest impact.

Answer 1

1. Missouri Compromise (allowed slavery in Missouri)  

2. Kansas-Nebraska Act (made Kansas a territory free do decide on slavery)  

3. Dred Scott (made black people property)  

4. Fugitive Slave Act (forced north to cooperate with slave owners)  

5. Bleeding Kansas (Missouri pro-slavery men invaded and terrorized Kansas to force slavery)

Missouri compromise was the beginning were it all started.

Answer 2

The events related to westward expansion that affected African Americans are Missouri Compromise, Dred Scott v. Sandford, Fugitive Slave Act, Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding Kansas.

• Missouri Compromise became the first compromise in America between the states favouring slavery and non-slavery. Missouri entered as a slave state.
• Dred Scott court case for freedom raised hostility between the South and the North related to slavery.
• Fugitive Slave Act forced runaway slaves to return from the North to their masters in the South.
• Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed Kansas to decide on slavery themselves.
• Abolitionists attempt to destroy slavery led to Bleeding Kansas.

• The given event Missouri Compromise had the strongest impact because it divided states based on slavery and free states.

Therefore we can conclude that option A, C, D, E and G are the correct answer.

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