Lesson 2 Challenges to Slavery

Lesson 2 Challenges to Slavery

Birth of the Republican Party

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Lincoln v. Douglas Debates

John Brown attacks Harpers Ferry

Multiple Choice

Which person was wanted in connection with murders at Potawatomie Kansas?

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

• Dred Scott

• John Brown

Multiple Choice

Which law could put you in jail for helping or hiding a runaway slave escape?

• Missouri Compromise

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Underground Railroad Act

Birth of the Republican Party

Created when Antislavery Whigs, Democrats and Free-soilers joined together to stop the expansion of slavery in the west.

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This is the modern Republican party we have today

Birth of the Republican Party

• The Republicans nominated John C Freemont to run for president in 1856.

• Democrats won the election with their candidate James Buchanan.

• James Buchanan becomes America's 15th president

Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Dred Scott was born a slave in Missouri and sold to an army doctor (Dr. Sandford)

• While Scott was still a slave, the Dr. took him into Wisconsin (free territory) for about a year and then returned to Missouri.

• When the Dr. died years later, Dred sued for his freedom.

Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Scott said that because he was a slave in a free state, that he should have been granted his freedom.

• The Supreme court ruled against Scott saying that because he was considered property, the government can not grant him freedom.

• Slave owners were allowed to then take their slaves with them anywhere in the U.S.

• The Supreme court ruled that Congress had no right to band slavery in any territory of the U.S.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a result of the Dred Scott case?

• Dred Scott achieved his freedom

• voter's could not end slavery because it would mean taking someone's property

• The U.S. Constitution allowed any slave to take a case to court

• Slavery was illegal and not protected by the Constitution

Reaction to Dred Scott case

• Southerners were pleased with the ruling and felt that their rights to property were protected by the government

• Opponents to slavery in the North were outraged by the Supreme Courts decision.

Multiple Choice

How did Dred Scott finally receive his freedom?

• Scott won a second supreme court case

• His master's family bought his freedom along with Scott's wife and children

• Scott and his family escaped to Canada

• Scott purchased his own freedom through donations from people in the North

Lincoln v. Douglas Debates

• Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas is running for re-election against rising star of the Republican Party Abraham Lincoln.

• On the topic of Slavery - Douglas says that the people of the west need to vote on if they want slavery or not

• Abraham Lincoln says that slavery needs to be contained where it already exists and not be in the west

Multiple Choice

The main topic of discussion between Lincoln and Douglas in the debate was...

• taxes

• slavery

• war

• national finances

Lincoln v. Douglas Debates

• Lincoln came from a poor frontier farming family in Illinois.

• Lincoln believed slavery was morally wrong and did not want to see it in the west

• In the senate race Douglas wins, but Lincoln gains a reputation as a man that will stand up against slavery

John Brown's attack on Harpers Ferry

• After years of planning, John Brown and his supporters plan to attack the federal arsenal building in the town of Harpers Ferry Virginia.

• Brown wants to steal all the weapons and arm the slaves in the area to start a slave rebellion.

Poll

Do you think John Brown's plan could have worked?

• yes

• now

• maybe

John Brown's attack on Harpers Ferry

• Brown and his men attack the arsenal at Harpers Ferry Virginia late at night on Oct. 16 1859 and take a few hostages

• They take over the arsenal but are trapped inside the building and surrounded by the U.S. Marines

• Brown believes that the slaves nearby will come to the rescue of him and his men

John Brown's Attack on Harpers Ferry

• The U.S. Marines break into the building after a long standoff with Brown and his men.

• Brown is captured and sentenced to death

• Brown is hung just one month later in Virginia for acts of terrorism

• He becomes a martyr in the North and a crazy lunatic to the South