John Brown
What was with violence?
He owned Scott
Who is army doctor John Emerson
Wrote the Act
General of the Union Army
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Where he went to help anti-slavery forces.
What is Kansas?
The status of the states Scott lived in
What is Wisconsin (free) and Missouri (slave)
Why the Act was written
What is Kansas and Nebraska were requesting statehood.
General of the Confederate Army
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Where Brown killed 5 proslavery men.
What is Pottawatomie?
Why did Scott sue for his freedom
He had lived in a free state
What the bill stated
That settlers in western areas could rule by popular sovereignty
President of the Confederate States
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Brown took slave owners hostage in the US armory.
What is Harper's Ferry?
The Supreme Courts decision
Southern judge Taney said Scott had no right to sue because he was black and a slave.
Consequences of the Act
Resulted in fighting between people for and against slavery
Moderate Democratic Party Nomination
Who is Stephen Douglas?
How people viewed Brown
As a martyr
Consequences of decision
North felt it was a setback, while the South celebrated victory
Nickname Kansas earned
What is Bleeding Kansas?
Vice President of the Confederate States
Who is Alexander Stephens?