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Harpers Ferry
Bleeding Kansas
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Dred Scott Decision
Breaking with the Union
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Who was the leader of the raid on Harpers Ferry?
John Brown.
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Who led the Pottawatomie Massacre?
John Brown.
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What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
An act that made it a federal crime to help runaway slaves.
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Who was Dred Scott?
The slave of an army surgeon from St. Louis, Missouri.
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What did southerners fear?
That when Lincoln came to power he would abolish slavery.
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What was Harpers Ferry?
A federal arsenal.
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What was the Sack of Lawrence?
A posse of 700 pro-slavery raiders who descended on the town of Lawrence, killing one man and destroying buildings.
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What was the fine for disobeying the Fugitive Slave Act?
$1,000 and six months in jail.
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What did Dred Scott argue?
While he had been touring Illinois and the upper part of the Louisiana Purchase, he was on free soil, so that made him a free man.
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What did delegates meet to discuss?
Secession.
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How many members were involved in the raid?
Twenty men, including John Brown and his sons.
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When did the Sack of Lawrence occur?
May 1856.
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What was the case that caught the nation's attention?
The case of Anthony Burns.
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Who was the Supreme Court Chief Justice?
Roger B. Taney, a slaveholder from Maryland.
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Where did the delegates meet?
South Carolina.
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How many men were killed, on both sides, in the raid on Harpers Ferry?
Eleven in total.
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How many people were killed in the era known as "Bloody Kansas?"
200.
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Where did thousands of African-Americans go to escape the prosecution of the Fugitive Slave Act?
Canada.
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What did Taney rule?
Taney ruled Dred Scott was still a slave, and he also was not a citizen under the U.S. Constitution and therefore was unable to file a court case.
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When did the convention of the delegates open?
December 17, 1860.
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When did the raid on Harpers Ferry start?
October 16, 1859.
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What was the provoking speech given in Congress by Charles Sumner?
"The Crime Against Kansas."
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Who spoke publicly against the Fugitive Slave Act?
Martin R. Delany.
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Who was stunned by this ruling?
Northern abolitionists.
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What did the delegates all vote?
To secede.