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| What happened after the Kansas-Nebraska act? |
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| The Northern Democrats, antislavery Whigs, and members from the Free Soilers group formed the Republican party. |
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| Which three groups were in the Republican Party? |
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| Democrats,Whigs, and Free-Soilers |
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| What became to happen to the Democrats after half of its members split from them? |
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| They became proslavery for the most part |
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| Who was the first candidate chosen for the Republican party in the election of 1856? |
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| Even though John C. Fremont earned a lot of votes from the North ________ from the Democrats won the election. |
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| What was the conflict that led Dred Scott to court? |
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| that he escaped slavery and went to a free state and he claimed he was free even though he moved back to a slave state. |
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| What did Roger Taney say to Dred Scott about his slavery? |
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| that he was still a slave, and that he was considered property and that slavery should bot be prohibited in anyway and the Mason Dixon line and popular sovereignty were unconstitutional |
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| What were the North and South's reactions to the decision? |
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| North was pissed off while the South was pleased. |
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| What did Steven Douglas believe about slavery? |
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| believed that slavery was wrong, but shouldnt be contained or destroyed; not willing to do anything about it |
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| What did Abraham Lincoln believe about slavery? |
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| That it was wrong and should not be spread or destroyed as long as the country could remain unified. |
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| In the Lincoln/Douglas debates, what were the advantaged Douglas had? |
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| He was well known and recognized since he developed the popular sovereignty and helped with the Compromise of 1850. |
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| In the Lincoln/Douglas debates, what did Lincoln do that shocked the nation? |
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| asked Douglas if there was a way to prohibit slavery in the territorial state, and Douglas said yes. |
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| Why were the Lincoln Douglas Debates important? |
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| because it gave Lincoln a good reputation and made Douglas look bad in the eyes of the South/Democrats. |
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| What was Douglas's response to Lincoln called? |
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| Who won the election of senator of Illinois after the Lincoln/Douglas debates? |
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| What state was Harpers Ferry located in? |
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| Who led both white and African American men on a raids in Harper Ferry? |
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| What was John Brown's target in Harpers Ferry? |
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| Its arsenal which contained ammunition and weapons. |
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| Who financed John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry? |
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| Why did Brown lead this attack? |
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| Because he hoped that other slaves would see African Americans fighting and would hope they would get a message to rebel against their owners. |
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| What was the result to the Harpers Ferry Raid? |
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John Brown was executed along and everyone else that was with him were killed |
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a person who dies for a cause he believes in |
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| T/F John Brown was an abolitionist. |
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