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Lincoln Douglas Debates
Dred Scott
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act...again
Kansas-Nebraska Act...Part 3
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Although he lost the debates, why were the debates important to Lincoln's political career?
What is he became noticed by the Republican Party and it set him up to run for president in 1860?
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This is who Dred Scott was.
What is an enslaved African American who was suing for his freedom?
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This is how northerners felt about the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What is they were outraged and protested?
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This is what the attack on Lawrence did to Kansas.
What is Kansas was thrown into a civil war?
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This was the issue with Kansas' government.
What is there were two--the pro slavery govt. and the anti slavery government?
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This was Abraham Lincoln and the party for whom he ran.
What is an anti-slavery man who was a republican?
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This is Dred Scott's argument in his case.
What is since Scott had lived on free soil, he had the right to sue for his freedom?
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This is who the Democrats chose for the election of 1852 and why they chose him.
Who is Franklin Pierce because he supported the Compromise of 1850 and promised to enforce the new Fugitive Slave Act?
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This is what both anti slavery and slavery groups did in Kansas when it first became a territory.
What is they both cheated by sending people into Kansas to vote for their side?
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This is how the first elections in Kansas turned out.
What is pro slavery won, meaning Kansas would be a slave territory?
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This was Stephen Douglas and the party for whom he ran.
What is a pro slavery senator from IL who was a democrat?
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This is the outcome of the case. (What did the Supreme Court say and did he win or lose?)
What is he lost his case and the Supreme Court said that African Americans (both free and enslaved) weren't citizens so they couldn't sue anyone in court?
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This is the problem that Douglas' railroad brought up.
What is where would the railroad run?
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This is how the south felt about Douglas' railroad.
What is they wanted it to go through the south?
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This is how Douglas and the south compromised on his railroad.
What is the southern lawmakers agreed to vote yes on his railroad if he agreed to get a law passed making the unorganized territory popular sovereignty?
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This is what Lincoln supported.
What is equal rights for African Americans and the end of the spread of slavery?
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This is why Dred Scott didn't ask for his freedom while living on free soil.
What is he either did not know he could or he was happy with his master at the time?
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This was the Sack of Lawrence (attack of Lawrence).
What is pro slave leaders went to arrest the anti slave leaders for treason but they had hidden or left so pro slave leaders burned the town killing someone?
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This was John Brown's answer for the Sack of Lawrence.
What is he and his men drug 5 pro slavery leaders out of their tents as they slept and murdered them?
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These were the kinds of laws passed by the new Kansas legislature.
What is strict laws against helping runaway slaves and questioning slave holders' rights?
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This is what Douglas supported.
What is slavery, the idea of popular sovereignty, and no rights for African Americans?
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This is what happened to Dred Scott after his trial.
What is Dred Scott's first master's sons bought his family and then set them free?
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These are the key points of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What is unorganized territory would be split into two territories--Kansas and Nebraska, the new territories would decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty, and the Missouri Compromise line does not exist anymore?
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This is what happened in Congress as a result of the violence in Kansas.
What is Senator Sumner began talking about the pro slavery people in Kansas and about Senator Brooks' family member. Brooks attacked Sumner with his cane and almost beat him to death?
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This is how the issue of two governments in Kansas were fixed.
What is Congress sent a committee to decide which govt. to use, the committee decided the anti slavery one was correct, but Congress decided to go with the pro slavery government?