question archive 1) Who wrote the majority opinion in the Dred Scott case? 2) What were three key elements of that decision? 3
1) Who wrote the majority opinion in the Dred Scott case? 2) What were three key elements of that decision? 3
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1) Who wrote the majority opinion in the Dred Scott case?
2) What were three key elements of that decision?
3. Who wrote the dissenting opinion in the Dred Scott case?
4. What were three key elements of the dissent?
5. How did the Dred Scott case increase tensions between Northerners and Southerners?
6. Why were Southerners so upset about John Brown's raid even though he did not succeed in creating a slave rebellion?
7. Why didn't Stephen Douglas get the Democratic Party nomination at the Charleston Convention in 1860?
8. Who was the nominee for the Constitutional Union Party?
9. Why was Lincoln able to get the Republican Party nomination instead of William Seward?
10. Why did Southerners call the Republican Party a sectional party?
11. Why was South Carolina the first state to secede?
12. Did all Southerners agree that secession was necessary?
13. How many southern states had seceded from the Union by February 1861?
14. When was Jefferson Davis inaugurated as President of the Confederate States of America?
15. When was Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as President of the United States of America?
16. What was the first big challenge waiting for Lincoln on his first day in office?
17. Why did General P.T. Beauregard order his men to fire on Ft Sumter?
18. What did President Lincoln do after Major Anderson surrendered Ft Sumter?
19. How many states seceded after Ft Sumter? Why was Virginia so important to the Confederacy?
20. Who won the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)?
21. Why was Abraham Lincoln frustrated with General McClellan?
22. Why did Secretary of State Seward advise Lincoln to wait until after a military victory to announce the Emancipation Proclamation?
23. What was the Emancipation Proclamation? Did it end slavery?
24. How many African American soldiers fought in the Union Army?
25. What were General Lee's strategic objectives in the Summer of 1863?
26. Why was the capture of Vicksburg as important as the battle of Gettysburg?
27. Why did the Confederates at Vicksburg surrender on the Fourth of July?
28. Why was Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address significant?
29. How was General Grant's strategy different from the Generals who preceded him as commander of the Union Army?
30. Why did General Sherman advocate for psychological warfare?
31. Who were the candidates for President in 1864?
32. Why was Lincoln worried he might lose the election?
33. What victory changed the perception of the war and the outcome of the election in 1864?
34. When did Abraham Lincoln go to Richmond, Virginia?
35. When and where did General Lee Surrender to General Grant?
36. What happened to the Confederate soldiers after Lee's surrender?
