History Homework

Name________________________ Due Tuesday, April 9th

Read Chapter 15, Section 2 pages 490 to 497

Answer questions # 1,3 - 6 on page 497

1. Explain the importance of:

Republican Party- political party formed in 1854 by opponents

of slavery

John C. Fremont- Republican presidential candidate in 1856.

James Buchanan- Democratic presidential candidate in 1856.

Dred Scott v. Sandford- 1856 Supreme Court case in which a

slave, Dred Scott, sued for his freedom; the court ruled against

Scott.

Roger B. Taney- Supreme Court chief justice who wrote the

majority opinion in the Dred Scott case.

Abraham Lincoln- Illinois Republican who ran against Stephen

A. Douglas in the Illinois Senate race in 1858.

Harpers Ferry- Federal arsenal in Virginia; captured in 1859

during an antislavery revolt.

3. Why was the Republican Party created?

It was created to represent the antislavery interests of the North.

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