Two Miserable Presidents Ch. 2 test John Brown Lights a Fuse

________________ was a slave who believed he should be free since he had lived in free states. He took his case to the Supreme Court , but was denied freedom.

• Dred Scott

• John Brown

• Abraham Lincoln

• Frederick Douglas

John Brown's first attack was in __________________________.

• Charleston, South Carolina

• Washington, DC

• Lawrence, Kansas

• Richmond, Virginia

He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who said slaves were not citizens, and had no rights.

• John Brown

• Dred Scott

• Stephen Douglas

• Roger Taney

________________________ had spent much of his life helping to free slaves. He was so angry that anti-slavery citizens were attacked in Kansas, he went to get revenge.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Dred Scott

• John Brown

• Roger Taney

John Brown staged a second anti-slavery in ________________. He brought only 21 black and white soldiers, took hostages, and opened the armory so the slaves could fight for freedom. (He was captured here.)

• Charleston, South Carolina

• Springfield, Illinois

• Washington, DC

• Harper's Ferry, Virginia

Republicans met in ______________________ to decide who would run for president.

• Chicago, Illinois

• Lawrence, Kansas

• Harper's Ferry, Virginia

• Washington, DC

______________________ were Southerners who did not want to compromise with the North.

• Republicans

• Wide-awake Clubs

• abolitionists

• Fire-eaters

Abraham Lincoln waited in _______________________ to find out if he would be running for president.

• Lawrence, Kansas

• Charleston, South Carolina

• Springfield, Illinois

• Washington, DC