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Copy these Study Questions on NB-80.

1. What issues led to the creation of the Republican
   Party?
2. What was the Supreme Court ruling in the Dred
   Scott case?
3. What was the main issue in the LincolnDouglas
   debates?
4. Why did John Brown attack the arsenal at Harpers
   Ferry?
5. How did John Browns attack on Harpers Ferry
   increase tensions between the North and the South?

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Event or Person Supporters of the Event or Person Reasons for Their Support
Dred Scott Decision (proslavery, antislavery, or neither)
Douglas, in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates (proslavery, antislavery, or neither)
Lincoln, in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates (proslavery, antislavery, or neither)
John Browns hanging (proslavery, antislavery, or neither)
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Section 15.3a Slavery Dominates Politics

• Today we will explain why the Republican Party
  was formed and summarize the effects of the Dred
  Scott case.

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Vocabulary

• summarize give a brief version
• case court proceedings or trial
• Republican Party political party formed in 1854
  to oppose slavery
• unconstitutional illegal because it violates
  the Constitution

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Check for Understanding

• What are we going to do today?
• How would you summarize your day so far?
• What does it mean if the Supreme Court declares a
  law unconstitutional?

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What We Already Know

• The Whigs and Democrats were the two major
  political parties of the 1840s and 50s.

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What We Already Know

• There were other minor parties as well, such as
  the anti-immigrant Know-Nothings.

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What We Already Know

• There were other minor parties as well, such as
  the anti-immigrant Know-Nothings.
• The Free Soil Party had been formed to stop the
  spread of slavery into new territories.

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What We Already Know

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to widespread
  violence on the plains in 1854.

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The Republican Party Forms

• Created out of the problems caused by the
  KansasNebraska Act
• The Whig Party split Northern Whigs joined Free
  Soilers and other slavery opponents
• Gained strength in the North as the Democrats
  were blamed for the violence in Kansas.

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What was the Republican Partys main goal?

1. To end slavery everywhere in America
2. To return all blacks to Africa
3. To stop the spread of slavery into the
   territories
4. To bring Canada and Mexico into the United States

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17. What issues led to the creation of the
Republican Party?
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17. What issues led to the creation of the
Republican Party?

1. Northern Whigs leaving their party to join with
   other opponents of slavery
2. Opposition by James Buchanan to the Wilmot
   Proviso
3. The emergence of Abraham Lincoln
4. Problems caused by the Kansas Nebraska Act

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Republican Candidate John C. Frémont

• First Republican presidential nominee
• Young, handsome, national hero for his
  explorations in the West
• Favored admitting both California and Kansas as
  free states.
• Had no controversial record to defend.

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The Election of 1856

• Democrat nominee James Buchanan had taken no
  stand on the KansasNebraska Act.
• Buchanan said little about slavery his goal was
  to maintain the Union.
• He appealed to Southerners, the border states,
  and Northerners who were fearful of a civil war.

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The Election of 1856

• The Know-Nothing Party nominated former president
  Millard Fillmore (1850-53), but were divided over
  slavery.

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The Election of 1856

• Election results showed how strong the Republican
  Party was in the North, and that the nation was
  sharply split over slavery.

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Who were the candidates in the 1856 presidential
election?

1. Douglas of the Free Soil Party
2. Fremont of the Republican Party
3. Buchanan of the Democratic Party
4. Fillmore of the Know-Nothing Party

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What did the election results in 1856 reveal?

1. Party differences were less sharply defined that
   in earlier elections.
2. The influence of the Republican Party was
   declining in the North.
3. The influence of the Democratic Party was
   declining in the South.
4. The nation was sharply split over slavery.

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The Case of Dred Scott

• Dred Scott was a slave whose owner took him to
  live in free territories, then returned to
  Missouri, a slave state.
• After his owners death, Scott sued for his
  freedom, but the Supreme Court ruled against him.

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Chief Justice Taneys Ruling

• As a Negro, Scott was not a U.S. citizen and
  could not sue in U.S courts.
• Slaveholders property rights were protected by
  the Fifth Amendment.
• Congress could not ban slavery anywhere,
  including the territories.

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Chief Justice Roger Taneys Ruling

• This decision made the Missouri Compromise
  unconstitutional.
• Southerners cheered the Courts decision, while
  Many Northerners were outraged, but powerless.

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18. What was the Supreme Court ruling in the Dred
Scott case?

• Choose all that are true!

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18. What was the Supreme Court ruling in the Dred
Scott case?

1. As a slave, Dred Scott was not a U.S. citizen.
2. Only Congress could restrict the movement of
   slaves into the territories.
3. Dred Scott was no longer a slave.
4. Slave-owners could take their slaves everywhere,
   including free states and territories.
5. The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.

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What consequences did the Dred Scott decision
have for free blacks?
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What consequences did the Dred Scott decision
have for free blacks?

1. The Supreme Court ruled that all blacks could be
   taken into slavery.
2. The Supreme Court ruled that free blacks were not
   American citizens.
3. Free blacks were granted the right to vote in
   state elections.
4. Free blacks who gained their freedom by escaping
   to the North could now be returned to slavery.