U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, he wrote the majority opinion in the Dred Scott decision, stating that African Americans were not citizens and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.

Sixteenth president of the United States, he promoted equal rights for African Americans in the famed Lincoln-Douglas debates. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation and set in motion the Civil War, assassinated in 1865.

American politician and 15th president of the United States, he was chosen as the Democratic nominee for president in 1856 for being politically experienced and not offensive to slave states

American explorer, army oﬃcer, and politician, he was chosen as the first Republican candidate for president. He was against the spread of slavery, and he was rejected by all but the free states as a “single issue” candidate in the election of 1856.

Enslaved African American who filed suit for his freedom stating that his time living in a free state made him a free man; the Supreme Court ruling known as the Dred Scott decision upheld slavery and found the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional

a political party formed in the 1850s to stop the spread of slavery in the Wes

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES

a series of debates between Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Stephen Douglas during the 1858 U.S. Senate campaign in Illinois

a statement made by Stephen Douglas during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that pointed out how people could use popular sovereignty to determine if their state or territory should permit slavery

What were some effects of the Lincoln-Douglas debate?

In each debate, Lincoln stressed that the central issue of the campaign was the spread of slavery in the West. He said that the Democrats were trying to spread slavery across the nation

What was the Dred Scott Case?

a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case saying enslaved people were not citizens.

How did the Republican Party form?

formed in the 1850s to stop the spread of slavery in the West

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ROGER B. TANEY	U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, he wrote the majority opinion in the Dred Scott decision, stating that African Americans were not citizens and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN	Sixteenth president of the United States, he promoted equal rights for African Americans in the famed Lincoln-Douglas debates. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation and set in motion the Civil War, assassinated in 1865.
JAMES BUCHANAN	American politician and 15th president of the United States, he was chosen as the Democratic nominee for president in 1856 for being politically experienced and not offensive to slave states
JOHN C. FREMONT	American explorer, army oﬃcer, and politician, he was chosen as the first Republican candidate for president. He was against the spread of slavery, and he was rejected by all but the free states as a “single issue” candidate in the election of 1856.
DRED SCOTT	Enslaved African American who filed suit for his freedom stating that his time living in a free state made him a free man; the Supreme Court ruling known as the Dred Scott decision upheld slavery and found the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
REPUBLICAN PARTY	a political party formed in the 1850s to stop the spread of slavery in the Wes
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES	a series of debates between Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Stephen Douglas during the 1858 U.S. Senate campaign in Illinois
FREEPORT DOCTRINE	a statement made by Stephen Douglas during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that pointed out how people could use popular sovereignty to determine if their state or territory should permit slavery
What were some effects of the Lincoln-Douglas debate?	In each debate, Lincoln stressed that the central issue of the campaign was the spread of slavery in the West. He said that the Democrats were trying to spread slavery across the nation
What was the Dred Scott Case?	a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case saying enslaved people were not citizens.
How did the Republican Party form?	formed in the 1850s to stop the spread of slavery in the West

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