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| rep. canidate in 1856 election - helped cali become a free state and kansas! -lost |
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| winner of democratic party election of 1856 - no stand on kansas/nebr act. |
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| of kentucky, southern democrats chose him - supported dred scott decision and a federal slave code |
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const. union party canidate
opposing republican canidate abe lincoln |
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| MI - chosen pres of confederacy - secretary of war to pierce. |
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| military takes control of an area and suspends certain civil rights |
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| Mich - proposed a solution to the issue of slavery om the territoies "Popular sovereighty" |
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| citz of each territory would decide if slavery was permitted there. |
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| opposed spread of slavery into western terr. |
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cass - sup. pop sov.
van buren - free-soil canidate
zach taylor - whig canidate |
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| Mass - delivered a speech accusing pro-slavery senators of forcing kansas to become a slave state. |
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| SC- accused of kansas to be slave state so his cous Preston brooks canned sumner to injury - brooks hero! |
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| led underground railroad - runaway slave and helped others out of slavery |
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| MASS- responded to calhoun with a plea for compromise to save the union -- |
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| members=conductors .. helped runaway slaves thro secretly transported runaways to freedom!! |
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| 4 sons (scotts masters who died) |
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brought scott into free territory > scott sued for freedom b/c he is in free territoy (sons paid for court)
> scott died after court case |
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| chief justice roger taney |
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slave owner
scott is a slave- animal cant sue |
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| unconstitutional slavery shld be ilegal everywhere |
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| only recognized proslavery legislature |
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| against slavery martyr- endured a great suffereing on behalf of a believe of his to end slavery! |
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| demanded free territory for free white people |
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mainly party organized - canidates= douglas and lincoln in north and west and breckinridge and john bell in south.
lincoln won -17states and beck 11states. |
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| sup. right of slavery in south, opposed dred-scott dec, lincoln, nno pop sov, john browns raid =nono. |
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| united under pop sov. free states in U.S, |
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| browns raid took place - VA free and arm enslaved ppl - rebllion death |
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| why didnt free soil want slaves in state |
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They opposed the extension of slavery into the territories. They didn't want any more slave states.
They were afraid the slaves would take jobs away from white workers. They thought there was a conspiracy to spread slavery throughout the U.S. |
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| Who were the candidates for President in 1856? who won |
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Republican: John C. Fremont
Democrat: James Buchanan <-- |
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He was a slave from Mississippi who went to the free territories of Illinois and Wisconsin with his owner. He returned to Missouri where his owner died.
-He sued for his freedom and his case went all the way to the Supreme Court?
argument? Since he lived in "free" territories where there were no slaves, he should be free. |
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| What was Chief Justices' Roger B. Taney decision in the Dred Scott case? |
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| Slaves were not U.S. citizens so they did not have rights to go to court. Slaves are property and were protected by the 5th Amendment. |
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| What did the Supreme Court Decision on Dred Scott do? |
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| It added politics to the Court's decision. |
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| What was Lincoln's position on slavery? |
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| Lincoln thought slavery was immorally, socially and politically wrong and was based on greed. He thought legislation was needed to stop the spread of slavery. |
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| Who was chosen as the Republican Candidate for President in the 1860 election? and HOUSE DIVIDED SPEECH |
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| Who was the President of the Confederacy? |
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| What happened at the Raid on Harpers Ferry? |
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| john brownled 21 men into Harpers Ferry to seize the arsenal and then give them to slaves to begin a rebellion. He took 60 townspeople hostage to encourage the slaves to fight.Local troops killed 8 of Browns men. The U.S. Marines stormed the building. |
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| kansas terrestrial governor |
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| 1858 what came out of senate race in illi |
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| rep party formed and missouri compromise was repealed |
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