C4U Chap. 18

What did Stephen A. Douglas argue in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

That slavery would remain illegal if the people of a territory voted it down, regardless of the Supreme Court's contrary decision in the Dred Scott case

As provided to Congress, what did the Lecompton Constitution provide for?

The admission of Kansas as a slave state

Members of the Know-Nothing party were all of the following except:

Irish immigrants

Which of the following applies to Hinton R. Helper's The Impending Crisis of the South?

It was banned and burned throughout the South.

Which of the following is true of the panic of 1857?

It was caused in part by gold pouring into the economy and inflating the currency.

Who did Democrats nominate as their presidential candidate in the election of 1856?

James Buchanan

Who were border ruffians?

Proslavery Missourians who rushed into Kansas to vote illegally and battle antislavery forces

All of the following were true of the Dred Scott decision except:

The Missouri Compromise, banning slavery north of 36° 30', was repealed.

What was the Kansas conflict over slavery known as?

Bleeding Kansas