Red
The main issue that split Kansas voters was
Slavery
He was a radical abolitionist.
John Brown
Who captured John Brown, along with the help of the marines?
Robert E. Lee
Soon after Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election, who voted to secede from the United States?
Several southern states (South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida Alabama, Georgia, Texas, and Louisiana)
Kansas settlers were prepared for this....
Violence
In 1860, a new political party was formed by Whigs and _________________ members.
American Party
He was the chief justice of the Supreme Court who said slaves could be taken anywhere.
Roger Taney
He won the presidential election of 1856.
James Buchanan
People who wanted to grow cotton in Kansas held this belief.
Proslavery
People who were angry after the Kansas territorial election held this belief.
Antislavery
Stephen Douglas was an excellent public speaker?
True or False
True
He had lived in a free territory, so he sued for his freedom.
Dred Scott
John Brown was convicted of this crime.
Treason
The _______________ Party lost the 1856 presidential election, but felt optimistic.
Republican
_________ ________ was the Republican candidate in the 1860 election.
Abraham Lincoln
Before the 1860 election, the _____________ Party divided into to parts.
An 1857 ruling of the _______________ ____ brought shock and fear to the nation.
Supreme Court
______________________ attacked Harper's Ferry to get guns and ammunition for a slave revolt.
John Brown
In 1856, the ______________ Party wanted to limit immigrants entering the country.
American
In 1860, the Northern Democrats nominated ___________ for president.
Stephen Douglas
___________ supporters from Missouri voted in a Kansas election.
Proslavery
The ruling by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case was that ....
Slaves were property and not citizens.
Abraham Lincoln spoke out against _____________ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Slavery
The Republican Party supported higher tariffs.
True or False
True
Abraham Lincoln had a nickname. What was it?
Honest Abe