chapter 10-part 7 dred scott, lincolns debates and the raid
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Presidential Election of 1856 Democratic National Convention held in
Cincinnati, Ohio
Delegates passed over Pierce and Douglas becauseof their involvement with Kansas
Nominated James Buchanan (PA)
Had been out of the country as foreign minister to
Great Britain No ties to Kansas
No abolitionist leanings to offend the South
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Presidential Election of 1856 Republicans chose John C. Fremont
Free Speech, Free Press, Free Soil, Free Men,Fremont
Supported by northern Know-Nothings
Southern Know-Nothings nominated Millard
Fillmore
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Presidential Election of 1856 Buchanans major support came from the
South where he won every state exceptMaryland
Buchanan won the electoral vote 174 to 114
Republicans were happy with their popularreturns- 1,339,932 to Buchanans 1,832,955
Began looking forward to the Election of 1860
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Dred Scott vs. Sanford, 1857 Slave Dred Scott sued for his freedom in a
Missouri court
His owner had taken him to Illinois andMinnesota (free states) Using this as the basis for his freedom, he sued
Initially won in the lower court decision
Appealed to a higher Missouri court whichoverturned the decision
Finally appealed all the way to the SupremeCourt
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Dred Scott Decision, 1857 Scott lost the decision 7 to 2
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney handed down this
decision Dred Scott was not a citizen of Missouri and
therefore could not use their courts to sue Blacks were not citizens of the US
Missouri Compromise was deemedunconstitutional Eliminates the 36th parallel and seemingly opens all of the
new territories to slavery
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The Lecompton ConstitutionNovember 1857- Creation of the
Lecompton Constitution
Proslavery constitution for KansasAntislavery forces refused to vote
State legislature sent it to President
Buchanan who accepted it and sent it toCongress
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The Lecompton Constitution Stephen A. Douglas breaks from President
Buchanan on this issue
Stakes his political reputation on PopularSovereignty instead of siding with theproslavery Democrats
Stephen A. Douglas held up the admittance of
Kansas until the Southern Congressmenwithdrew at the start of the Civil War
Kansas was admitted on January 29, 1861 as afree state
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Lincoln vs. Douglas 1858- Stephen A. Douglas sought to
maintain his seat in the Senate and
returned to Illinois to get itRepublican opponent was Abraham
Lincoln
Served four terms in state legislature, oncein Congress, and once tried for the Senatebefore this
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Lincoln-Douglas DebatesLincoln challenged Douglas to a series of
debates and Douglas accepted
Douglas held true to PopularSovereigntyLincoln promoted
Antislavery territories in the West
He did not want to eliminate slavery inthose states that already existed Denounced the Dred Scott Decision as a
Southern conspiracy
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Lincoln vs. Douglas Douglas won by 8 votes in the Illinois
legislature
Popular Sovereignty made him many enemiesin the South
Results in hurting him during the presidentialelection of 1860 as southerners would oppose his
nomination for president on the Democratic ticketAbraham Lincoln made a name for himself
which propelled him to the presidency in 1860
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John Browns Raid, 1859Abolitionist who led the Pottawatomie
massacre in Kansas
New plan was to invade the South, arm theslaves, and let them fight for their ownfreedom
October 1859- John Brown and 18 followersseized the US arsenal at Harpers Ferry,
Virginia
Attacked nearby plantations and freed 30people who they then led back to the arsenal
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John Browns Raid, 1859 US Marines arrived under the command of
Colonel Robert E. Lee to put down therebellion
Brown and his followers were captured (thosewho had not been killed), tried, and hanged
Became a major event that made theSoutherners feel like the northernabolitionists were plotting to overthrowslavery through violence and bloodshed
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