The Road to War (Part 1) People to Know:

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The Road to War (Part 1)People to Know

• 1. Abraham Lincoln
• -First Republican President (1860-1864)
• -Attorney from Kentucky and Illinois
• -Civil war War to Preserve the Union

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2. Dred Scott

• -Slave involved in a very important court
• decision which indicated
• -slaves are property
• -slaves have no rights

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3. Jefferson Davis

• -President of the Confederate States of
• America (Confederacy), during the
• American Civil War.

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4. John Brown

• -Extreme Abolitionist who resorted to
• violence.
• -Raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia

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5. Stephen A. Douglas

• -Democratic leader responsible for the
• Kansas-Nebraska Act

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6. John C. Breckenridge

• -Southern Democratic candidate for the
• Presidency in 1860.
• ELECTION OF 1860
• Republican
  Democrat(s)
• Abe Lincoln Stephen Douglas (North) /
  John Breckinridge (south)
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