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VA US 7.2

VA US Vocabulary 7.2

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Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 law that divided the Nebraska territory into Kansas and Nebraska, giving each territory the right to decide whether or not to allow slavery.
John Brown Abolitionist best known for leading a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry; where he was captured and later executed.
“Bleeding Kansas” a term used to describe the violence between proslavery and antislavery supporters in Kansas from1854 to 1856.
nativist a person who favors native-born inhabitants over immigrants
“Know-Nothings” a political party of the 1850s, officially known as the American Party, that was anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant.
Republican Party a political party established around an antislavery platform in 1852
Dred Scott African American man born into slavery who sued for freedom on the grounds that he had lived for a time in a state where slavery was prohibited. 'Dred Scott v. Sanford'
Roger B. Taney 5th chief justice of the United States Supreme Court - wrote that enslaved persons were not entitled to the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and that Congress had no authority to ban slavery in the territories.
Abraham Lincoln Became the 16th president, led the country during the Civil War and was assassinated in 1865.
Stephen A. Douglas Helped win the passage of the Compromise of 1850 and proposed the Kansas -Nebraska Act in 1854.
Harpers Ferry a town in Virginia (now WV) where abolitionist John Brown raided a federal arsenal in 1859.
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