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Causes of the Civil War (Ch. 17) People
For each definition, identify the person being described. People have full names. All names need to be spelled correctly and capitalized.
1. ______Lawyer from Illinois who debated Douglas for the Illinois Senate seat in 1858 and lost; he ran for President on the Republican ticket in 1860 and won
2. ______Senator from Massachusetts who fought to for the passage of the Compromise of 1850 and defended it in Congress
3. ______Missouri slave who began his legal quest in 1846 to gain his freedom, with the Supreme Court announcing its decision against him in 1857
4. ______Senator from Kentucky; worked on his last compromise in 1850
5. ______Democrat elected President in 1856; spoke against secession but did nothing to stop it.
6. ______Former Senator from Mississippi who became the only president of the Confederate States of America in February, 1861
7. ______Kansas abolitionist who led raids against a pro-slave town killing 5 men; led his followers to attack the federal arsenal Harpers Ferry, Virginia, he planned to lead a slave revolt in Oct 1859, he failed and was tried and executed for murder and treason
8. ______Senator from South Carolina who made his final defense of the South and slavery in the Senate debates for the Compromise of 1850
9. ______In 1856, he was the 1st Republican candidate for president, even though he didn’t win the election it showed the power of the new Republican party
10. ______Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court who wrote the decision in the Dred Scott case; was nominated by Andrew Jackson in 1835
11. ______Senator from Illinois who helped Clay get the Compromise of 1850 passed; created the Kansas-Nebraska Act; debated Lincoln for the Illinois senate seat in 1858; ran for President on the northern Democratic ticket in 1860 but lost