Chapter 10 Section 4

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IV.Slavery and SecessionA.Slavery dominates politicsB.Slavery led to final split between the North and South

1.Dred Scott v.Sanford*Roger B.Taney

2.Voters in Kansas reject proslavery constitution

C.Lincoln-Douglas debates

1.Stephen Douglas-opposed slavery,popular sovereignty

2.Abraham Lincoln-opposed slavery and insisted it should be outlawed

3.Freeport Doctorine

D.1859-John Brown tried to start a slave rebellion. Attached a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry.

1.captured, convicted of treason, and hanged

2.reaction

E.Election of 1860-Lincoln elected president

1.South convinced they had lost political power

2.Southern states began to leave the Union F.Confederate States of America

*Jefferson Davis

Stephen Douglas

Abraham Lincoln

                                                       

Jefferson Davis

Ch 10 Study Guide1.Who favored the Wilmot Proviso?2.What is the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union?3.Who was a conductor of the Underground Railroad?4.Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?5.Who was one of the founders of the Republican Party?6.What was the topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?7.What states were included in the Confederacy?8.What party did Lincoln leave to become a Republican?9.What were the effects of Brown’s actions at Harpers Ferry?10.What is popular sovereignty?11.Define the Following

a.John Brownb.Harriet Tubmanc.Stephen Douglasd.Bleeding Kansase.Fugitive Slave Actf.Uncle Tom’s Cabing.popular sovereigntyh.Personal Liberty Lawsi.Kansas-Nebraska Actj.Missouri Compromisek.Underground Railroadl.Harriet Beecher Stowe