Vocab
subject of discussion
topic
Slave who was bought by a doctor in Missouri
Dred Scott
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court wrote that slaves were what?
Property
Example of a Martyr from the guided reading
John Brown
John Brown was sentenced to death by what?
Hanging
a place to store weapons
arsenal
Led a raid on Harper's Ferry federal arsenal
John Brown
What was the main goal of the Republican Party?
The name of the neutral political party
Know-Nothing Party
Harper's Ferry arsenal was located in which state?
Virginia
a person who dies for a cause
martyr
Republican Party presidential candidate in the election of 1856
The Republican Party was made up of
free-soil party, northern democrats, anti-slavery whigs
Dred Scott was purchased in what state?
Missouri
What state did both Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas' campaign for Senator in 1858?
Illinois
firm and inflexible
rigid
Democrat Party presidential candidate in election of 1856
James Buchanan
Roger B. Taney
The idea of popular sovereignty was introduced with what act?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What event was funded by abolitionists that made southerners feel threatened?
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
Conspiring against the government is called what
Know-Nothing party presidential candidate in the election of 1856
Millard Fillmore
Who won the election of 1856 to become the 15th President of the United States?
James Buchanan
Which amendment deems it unconstitutional to take someone's property without "due process"?
The fifth amendment
The Freeport Doctrine