2 Questions Module 17 lessons 2-4 Flashcards
What did Roger B. Taney rule for the Dred Scott case?
-Roger B. Taney wrote that African Americans were not citizens,
-Only citizens could sue in federal court
-He also said that living in free territory did not make Scott free
-Lastly, the Fifth Amendment says no one can lose property without due process of law
Who were mainly happy with the verdict of the Dred Scott case?
Most white Southerns were cheered by the decision
Who did the Dred Scott verdict stun?
many northerns
Name a person who was not happy with the verdict of the Dred Scott case?
Abraham Lincoln
About Abraham Lincoln…..
-Illionois lawyer
-Antislaverist
About Stephen Douglas….
-Democrat
-Had been senator since 1847.
Who challenged who for the Lincoln Douglas debates?
Lincoln challenged Douglas
What issue did Lincoln bring up during the Lincoln Douglas debates?
Spread of slavery in the West.
What did Douglas do after Lincoln had said nation could not remain “half slave and half free.”?
Douglas criticized Lincoln
What did Douglas use to win most of the votes?
The Freeport Doctrine
What did John Brown plan to do during his uprising?
Planned to arm local slaves by attacking federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
When John Brown’s raid began what happened?
John Brown took him and his men and took over the armory
Did slaves join John Browns raid?
Could not get slaves to join uprising.
What happened to John Brown during his raid?
Federal troops captured Brown and men in attack on arsenal.
What happened to John brown after captured by federal troops?
Brown was convicted of treason, murder, and conspiracy, and was hanged.
What did John Brown’s raid do to the Southerns?
Southerns were worried that Brown’s raid was the start of more attacks on the South.
What did Lincoln promise during his campaign?
Lincoln promised not to abolish slavery where it already existed.
What did Abraham Lincoln do that angered the Southerns?
Lincoln had not campaigned in the South or carried any southern states in the election.
What did President Abraham Lincoln say about slave states in the South?
Lincoln insisted he would not change slavery in South but would not let it expand.
What did people in the South believed if President Lincoln changed slavery in the South?
That their economy and way of life would be destroyed
What state’s legislature met to consider leaving the union (free states)?
South Carolina’s legislature
What happened after South Carolina’s legislature met to consider leaving the Union (free states)? And why?
South Carolina left the Union
Believing it had the right because it had voluntarily joined the Union.
What did senator John Crittenden propose?
Series of constitutional amendments hoping to satisfy the South by protecting slavery.
Which states joined together to create the Confederate States of America?
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas
