Dred Scott and Lincoln Douglas debates

By a vote of ___________, the Court had decided that Scott could not sue for his freedom in a federal court because they determined Black people had not been granted the rights of citizenship under the Constitution.

• eight to one

• nine to one

• seven to two

• six to three

Second, Taney declared that the Court had rejected Scott's argument that his stay in __________had made him a free man.

• Ohio

• Illinois

• Wisconsin

• Michigan

Select 3 outcomes from the Dred Scott decision

• Slavery was allowed in all states

• Slavery was allowed in all territories

• African Americans had no pathway to citizenship

• Free African Americans were considered citizens while enslaved were not

• The Missouri Compromise was ruled unconstitutional

During the argument over the Kansas-Nebraska Act, a new political group was formed. It was called the __________ Party. It was made up of antislavery activists from the Free-Soilers and the Whig Party.

• Republican

• Tea

• Green

• Democratic

In 1858, the new party in
__________ chose Abraham Lincoln to run for the Senate.

• Ohio

• Missouri

• Illinois

• Virginia

Lincoln’s rival in the race was Senator _________.

• Henry Clay

• Stephen Douglas

• Barbara Wilmont

• Theodore Roosevelt

__________ argued that the territories should decide the issue of slavery. However, ________disagreed, he did not think enslavement was a legal issue, but a moral one.

• Douglas

  Lincoln

• Lincoln

  Douglas

In 1858, Lincoln lost the election. He became known across the country as a leading voice of the abolitionists.

• True, then false

• False and false

• True and true

• False, then true

John Brown wanted the weapons. He wanted to arm enslaved people for a rebellion that would end slavery.

• True

• False

In 1859, Brown launched his raid. It was a bold plot. Many of his men were either killed or captured He was killed in the raid.

• True

• False