11/13/22 Homework: 15.3 Review

What political party did Lincoln belong to?

• Republicans

• Democrats

• Whigs

• Know-Nothings

Lincoln said that the country could not remain "half slave and half free".

• True

• False

Why did Democrats choose James Buchanan as their candidate for the election of 1856?

• He was a strong supporter of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• He had not been involved in the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• He had no political experience

• He had solved the problem of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

What is NOT a reason the Supreme Court ruled against Dred Scott?

• He was not a citizen, so he could not file a case

• He returned to live in Missouri, which was a slave state

• The Missouri Compromise was Unconstitutional

• His owner had left Dred Scott to his wife in his will

Which act was ruled unconstitutional by the Dred Scott decision?

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Missouri Compromise

• Lincoln's Law

What did the Republican Party want?

• To start a new country

• For slave and free states to stay the same

• To stop the spread of slavery in the West

• For James Buchanan to win

Why did Republicans choose John C. Fremont as their candidate?

• He was pro-slavery and would win the South

• He had a lot of political experience

• He was against the spread of slavery

• He knew a lot about Kansas

As a result of the Dred Scott decision...

• Slavery was outlawed everywhere

• The Missouri Compromise was ruled unconstitutional

• Anti-slavery northerners were happy

• Everyone was happy

Who was Stephen Douglas?

• A slave owner from Missouri

• A Republican Senator from Illinois

• A Democratic Senator from Illinois

• The President of the U.S.

What happened as a result of the Freeport Doctrine?

• Lincoln won the election

• People listened to the Supreme Court on the issue of slavery

• It made it illegal to help escaped slaves

• It put the question of slavery back in the hands of American citizens