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23 Cards in this Set
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Who are the three main dough faces of the time period?
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Buchanan Douglas and pierce
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What year was the Dred Scott versus Stanford case? What was the argument about?
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1857. Dread Scott and his wife thought they were free because they lived in the territories
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What were the two main questions that the jury had to consider in the Dred Scott versus Sanford case?
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Was Mr. Scott free because he lived in the territories? And can Congress restrict slavery in the territories?
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The Dred Scott decision was made how many days after Buchanan's inauguration?
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2
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What were the two conclusions made in the Dred Scott decision?
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Blacks free or slave were not citizens a good not sue in federal court. Congress did not have the power to deprive person of property (restrict slavery)
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The Dred Scott decision essentially made slavery illegal until a territory what?
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A territory was a state because only then could it formally abolish slavery
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Who was the first Catholic chief justice?
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Roger Taney
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The Lecompton constitution took place in what year? The convention was composed of what?
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1857. Composed of proslavery men
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Why did Stephen Douglas oppose the Lecompton constitution?
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Because it was a travesty of popular sovereighnty
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What was the outcome in Kansas photos were given chance to vote on the Lecompton?
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It was rejected
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Who was Lincolns idol and why?
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Henry Clay because he also wanted to compromise
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Why was Lincoln compassionate toward slaveowners?
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He recognize the time and money put into the institution
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In what year were the Lincoln Douglas debate's? What played a key role?
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1858. Dred Scott decision played a key role
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Lincoln opposed allowing blacks to do what four things?
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Vote, sit on juries, Marry Whites, become citizens
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What event(s) made Lincoln and national Republican figure?
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The Lincoln Douglas debates
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What was the most important debate in all of the Lincoln Douglas debate?
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The Freeport doctrine
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What was the Freeport doctrine?
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Douglas said despite the Dred Scott decision, the people of the territory could exclude slavery by simply refusing to enact slave codes
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What response did the Southern democrats have to the Freeport doctrine?
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Anger
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What was John Brown's raid? what year did it take place?
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John Brown attacked the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry Virginia. He plan to arm sleeves and form a black republic, 1859
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Who is responsible with capturing John Brown and putting an end to his raid?
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Robert E. Lee
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What is a martyr?
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The one who dies for a cause
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What was John Brown charged with as result of his raid? What was his sentence?
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Treason, conspiracy, murder. He was sentenced to hang
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Who said "I am now quite certain that all the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood."?
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John Brown
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