Many southern whites believed and feared Lincoln would abolish this, destroying southern economy and society.
What is slavery?
100
The American slave that sued his master for keeping him enslaved where slavery was banned under the Missouri Compromise.
Who is Dred Scott?
100
This narrative became popular in stories around the 1840
What are slave narratives?
100
This man commit the raid on Harpers Ferry.
Who is John Brown?
100
This political party was the to meet to nominate a presidential candidate.
What is Democrat?
200
This state called for special convention just four days after Lincoln's election.
What is South Carolina?
200
This Illinois lawyer who warned about the Court's future rulings.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
Besides Frederick Douglas, another one of the best known slave narratives belonged to this woman.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
200
This is the other name for the raid on Harpers Ferry.
What is John Brown's raid?
200
The Southern Democrats chose this vice president as their candidate.
Who is John Breckinridge?
300
The convention in Charleston in December of 1860 discussed the possibility of leaving the Union, also known as this.
What is secession?
300
The case reached the Supreme Court in this year.
What is 1856?
300
Sojourner Truth had not been a slave in the south, but in this state.
What is New York?
300
What night did the raid begin?
What is October 16, 1859?
300
Many former Whigs formed a new political party during the election.
What is Constitutional Union Party?
400
This Kentucky senator proposed a series of amendments to try and please the South, one being to extend the Missouri Compromise line all the way to the pacific coast.
Who is John J. Crittenden?
400
In the Dred Scott decision (1857), this Chief Justice said that slaves and their descendants had no rights as citizens.
Who is Rodger B. Taney?
400
This antislavery novel was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, gaining praise in the North and outrage in the South.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
400
This many slaves joined John Brown.
What is none?
400
Before Lincoln, this New York senator was the leading candidate in the Republican party.
Who is William Seward?
500
Abraham Lincoln wrote many letters to the people of this party in Senate to vote against Crittenden's plan.
What is Republican?
500
Taney used this amendment to justify his ruling on the case.
What is The Fifth Amendment?
500
This event inspired Stowe to write Uncle Tom's Cabin.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
500
This Colonel ordered a squad of marines to raid the firehouse Brown and his men were in.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
500
Lincoln's election was a strong reminder of the South's weakening in this.