Chapter 15, Section 3 Challenges to Slavery

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1 Chapter 15, Section 3 Challenges to Slavery (pages ) Setting a Purpose for Reading Think about these questions as you read: Why was the Republican Party formed? How did the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and John Brown s raid affect Americans? As you read pages in your textbook, complete this graphic organizer by listing major events for each year As you read, put the following events in the correct order by writing the number 1 through 4 in the space to the left. Use the number 1 for the event that occurred first, 2 for the next event, and so on. A. Lincoln and Douglas debate slavery. B. Supreme Court issues Dred Scott decision. C. John Brown carries out raid on Harpers Ferry. D. Northern Democrats suffer heavy losses in elections. 224 Chapter 15, Section 3

2 A New Political Party (pages ) Interpret the information you read about the Republican Party by answering the following questions. 1. What groups formed the Republican Party? 2. Why did the Republican Party have almost no support in the South? 3. What issues did the three parties support in the 1856 presidential election? Define or describe the following key term from this lesson. Republican Party The Dred Scott Decision (pages ) Check how well you understood what you read in this lesson by answering the following questions. 1. Why did Dred Scott believe that he should be freed? 2. What did the Supreme Court rule in Dred Scott s case? Chapter 15, Section 3 225

3 3. How did Northerners and Southerners respond to the decision? 4. What were the results of the Illinois election for senator in 1858? 5. What were the results of John Brown s raid? Match the term from this lesson in the left column with the correct definition in the right column by writing the letter in the space to the left of the term. 1. arsenal 2. Freeport Doctrine 3. martyr Read the passage below. Put a checkmark in the space before the phrase that best explains what the academic vocabulary word status, from this lesson, means in this passage. The Supreme Court decided not only Dred Scott s status, but also the whole question of slavery in the territories. condition as free or enslaved a. person who dies for a cause b. person who leads a revolt c. place where weapons and ammunition are kept d. Douglas s plan for handling slavery in territories e. Lincoln s plan for handling slavery in territories level of society occupation or job 226 Chapter 15, Section 3

4 Now that you have read the section, write the answers to the questions that were included in Setting a Purpose for Reading at the beginning of the section. Why was the Republican Party formed? How did the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and John Brown s raid affect Americans? Chapter 15, Section 3 227

5 Name Date Class Guided Reading Activity Toward Civil War Section Challenges to Slavery As you read, notice how the text is organized and look for recurring patterns. Create an outline of the patterns. Reading for Accuracy DIRECTIONS: Use your textbook to decide if a statement is true or false. Write T or F in the blank. If a statement is false, rewrite it to make it true. 1. The Republican Party was formed by Free-Soilers along with antislavery Whigs and Democrats. 2. During the 1850s, the Democrats were increasingly becoming a Northern party. Copyright Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 3. The American Party, also called the Know-Nothings, was against immigrants. 4. Dred Scott claimed he should be free because he had escaped from his owner in the South. 5. The Supreme Court s decision in the Dred Scott case effectively meant that the Constitution protected slavery. 6. The Freeport Doctrine held that people could exclude slavery by refusing to pass laws that protected the rights of slaveholders. 7. John Brown led a raid on Harpers Ferry to capture slaveholders. 41