Ch. 16.2

Which party did the Antislavery Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soilers join together to form?

• Abolitionist Party

• Antislavery Party

• Northern Party

• Republican Party

What led to the creation of the Republican Party?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

• "The Caning"

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

Who won the Election of 1856 because he was the most "unobjectionable?

• Franklin Pierce

• James Buchanan

• John C. Fremont

• Zachary Taylor

Who was the Supreme Court Chief Justice in the Dred Scott case?

• Roger Taney

• John Crittenden

• John Marshall

• Stephen A. Douglas

The result of the Dred Scott decision was that

• slaves are property, not citizens

• slaves are free if living in a free state

• slavery can be outlawed in the territories

• Lincoln became more famous

What Supreme Court ruling said that slaves were not citizens and had no rights in court?

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Taney v. Dred Scott

• Ogden vs. Gibbons

• Worcester v. Georgia

What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

• economic issues

• slavery

• war with Mexico

• secession

In his debates with Douglas, what did Lincoln accuse the democrats of?

• wanting to spread slavery in the West

• wanting to start a war

• wanting to ban slavery in the territories

• wanting to give the Supreme Court too much power

What idea about slavery in the territories rose out of the Lincoln-Douglas debates that was later called the Freeport Doctrine?

• Voters could get rid of slavery by not passing laws that protected the rights of slaveholders.

• Voters could pass laws to stop slavery in their own state.

• Voters could do nothing because slavery was legal throughout the land because of the Dred Scott case ruling by the Supreme Court.

• Voters, through popular sovereignty, could make their own decisions.

Who first rose to national prominence during the Illinois Senate race of 1858 even though he didn't win?

• John Brown

• Stephen A. Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

• Roger B. Taney