How did the Fugitive Slave Act and the Kansas-Nebraska Act further divide the North and South? What role did the concept of popular sovereignty play in these conflicts? Do you think there was any way to avoid the violence that came out of this era?

Answer 1

Read through these descriptions of these two acts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%E2%80%93Nebraska_Act

What made the South and North mad about these acts?

Popular sovereignty implied that slavery should be left up to each state.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_sovereignty_in_the_United_States

Do YOU think the Civil War could have been avoided? I don't.