What political party was formed to stop the spread of slavery?
Republican Party
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TRUE or FALSE. Abraham Lincoln felt that African Americans should have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
True
100
TRUE or FALSE. Abraham Lincoln though that Black and White people were equal.
False
100
What was the name of Harriet Beecher Stowe's best selling book about slavery?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
100
What war did America fight in which gave us the state of California and other western territories?
Mexican-American War
200
What did Dred Scott try to sue for?
His freedom
200
What was the name of Abraham Lincoln's political rival?
Stephen Douglas
200
Why did Dred Scott think that he deserved to have his freedom?
Because he had lived in free territory
200
What law allowed government officials to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave?
Fugitive Slave Act
200
What was the name of the Compromise where Congress drew a line and said anything above the line was free territory and anything below it was slave territory?
Missouri Compromise
300
Who was President when the Dred Scott decision was made?
James Buchanan
300
Lincoln's political rival accused of him of wanting to ban slavery. What is the name given to people who want to completely get rid of slavery?
Abolitionists
300
What was the name of the Supreme Court Chief Justice that wrote the opinion for the Dred Scott decision?
Roger B. Taney
300
A senator from Illinois created the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Why was it important for him for these two new territories to be created? What did he want to create?
He wanted to build a railroad
300
Before the Republican party was formed there was another political party that wanted to stop the spread of slavery. What was the name of that party?
Free Soil Party
400
List 3 jobs that Abraham Lincoln had:
lawyer, congressmen, President
400
List the three things that Lincoln and his political rival competed for:
Mary Todd, the Senate, the presidency
400
The Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott could not have his freedom and they also said that congress didn't have the power to.................................?
ban slavery in any territory
400
The Compromise of 1850 had many different parts to it. Name 2 parts of the deal
California admitted as a free state
popular sovereignty would decide slavery in the west
slave trade was banned in D.C.
Northerners were forced to capture runaway slaves
400
David Wilmot came up with the Wilmot Proviso. What the main idea of this proposal?
For slavery to be banned in territories won from Mexico
500
The Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott could not have his freedom. What were two reasons the court gave for making that decision
1. He wasn't a citizen therefore couldn't sue anybody
2. Simply living in a free territory doesn't make a slave a free man.
500
After John Brown and his men killed five pro-slavery people in Kansas, what his plan to protest slavery?
He wanted to steal weapons, free slaves, give the slaves weapons, and start a slave rebellion
500
How many Justices are on the Supreme Court? How many Justice's today are women?
9
3
500
When Kansas officially became a territory there were elections held to decide the issue of slavery. There were 3,000 people living in Kansas. How many people actually voted in the election?
8,000
500
Who became President in 1848? He was also a hero of the Mexican-American War