14-2 Guided Reading ( + other stuffs)

True or False: The American Party grew quickly between 1853 and 1856 by attacking immigrants

True

True or False: Antislavery members of the Whigs and the Democrats joined Free-Soilers to form the Republican Party.

True: Antislavery Whigs and Democrats joined with Free-Soilers to form the Republican Party, whose major goals included the banning of slavery in new territories. In 1854, they chose candidates to challenge the pro-slavery Whigs and Democrats in state and congressional elections.

True or False: The American party was also called the Know Nothings

True: They nominated president Millard Fillmore as their candidate. Though it was mostly divided over the Kansas-Nebraska Act issue. When they refused to call for a repeal of the act, many northern supporters left the party.

True or False: The electoral vote gave Buchanan the victory in the election of 1856

True: With 174 electoral votes compared to 114 for Fremont and 8 for Fillmore, Buchanan won the election of 1856.

Why did Brown's death frighten many southerners?

When white Southerners learned of Brown's abolitionist ties, their fears of a great Northern conspiracy against them were confirmed.

Dred Scott

An enslaved African American bought by a doctor in Missouri, a slave state. In the 1830s, the doctor moved with Scott to Illinois, a free state, then to the Wisconsin Territory where slavery was banned.

The Supreme Court Justice who wrote the Court's Opinion (Dred Scott Case)

Chief Justice Roger B. Taney

The Supreme Court's ruling (Dred Scott Case)

Dred Scott was still an enslaved person, therefore he was not a citizen and had no right to bring a lawsuit. Living on free soil supposedly did not make Scott free. A slave was property, and the fifth amendment prohibited the taking of property without due process. Congress had no power to ban slavery, therefore Taney stated the constitution protected slavery.

True or False: James Buchanan, a diplomat and former congressman, was nominated for president by the Republican Party in 1856.

False: Californian John C. Fremont, a western explorer was nominated by the Republican party in 1856. The party platform called for free territories. Its slogan was, "Free soil, Free speech, and Fremont" The DEMOCRATIC party nominated James Buchanan of Pennsylvania, a diplomat and former congressman.

True or false: Fremont carried all of the 16 states but only a single electoral vote south of the Mason Dixon line

False: Fremont won 11 out of the 16 free states and didn't get any electoral votes from south of the Mason-Dixon Line

True or False: In the 1854 election, Republicans won several seats in the House of Representatives from Southern states.

False: The Republicans won control of the House of Representatives and several state governments. But they received no support in the South, which was where the Democrats had gained a lot of followers.

Was the raid at Harper's Ferry successful?

Kind of, his raid was defeated by the southerners, but his death rallied abolitionists sparking a new fire within them.

What happened at Harper's Ferry?

On October 16, 1859, John Brown led a group on a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia. He hoped he could arm enslaved African Americans and start a revolt against slaveholders. His raid was defeated by local citizens and federal troops, and Brown received a death sentence.

Dred Scott Case

Scott claimed that he should be free since he had lived in areas where slavery was illegal. The case reached the Supreme Court eleven years later. At issue was Scott's status, but the case also gave the Court a change to rule on the question of slavery itself.

What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

Slavery

How did different groups of Northerners react to the execution of John Brown?

Some Antislavery Northerners rejected Brown's use of violence and others saw him as a martyr- a person who died for a cause.

Who was the Democratic senator from Illinois in 1858? Who was the Republican that ran against him?

The democratic senator was Stephen A. Douglas, and the Republican was Abraham Lincoln