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3. Abraham Lincoln He began his political career by serving four terms in the Illinois state legislature beginning in 1834. He served one term as representative from Illinois to the U.S. House of Representatives. His speeches during the Lincoln-Douglas debates emphasized his opposition to the expansion of slavery in the territories. He was elected the sixteenth President in 1860. He helped build the Republican Party, which replaced the Whig Party in the 1850s, from obscurity to the party of choice by 1860. The first member of the Republican Party to be elected president. Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis was educated at West Point and served on the frontier during the 1830s. He also volunteered in the Mexican War. He represented Mississippi in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate and was Secretary of War from 1853 to 1857. He was appointed provisional president and then was elected president of the confederacy. He was demanding, did not tolerate disagreement, interfered in military matters, and did not select effective subordinates. He believed in the Compact Theory, that the states had chosen to join the Union and thus could choose to leave it.

4. 101. Sectionalism is a strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of to the whole country. Sectionalism Super STAAR 130 Greatest American History Facts: Colonization thru Reconstruction

5. 102. Frederick Douglass was a former slave who became a well-known abolitionist in the country. “The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common….This Fourth of July is yours not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.” - Frederick Douglass, speaking at a 4th of July celebration in 1852 Frederick Douglass Super STAAR 130 Greatest American History Facts: Colonization thru Reconstruction

6. 103. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, an Anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, created widespread abolitionist support among Northerners. If you don’t own a copy of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, you can git one at the Stowe! Get it? Tee-hee! Uncle Tom’s Cabin Super STAAR 130 Greatest American History Facts: Colonization thru Reconstruction

7. 100. The Compromise of 1850 would try to solve the divisions between free and slave states or territories. The Fugitive Slave Act would upset Northerners. The Compromise of 1850 Super STAAR 130 Greatest American History Facts: Colonization thru Reconstruction

8. 104. Dred Scott v. Sanford -1857 was the Supreme Court decision that said slaves were property and not citizens and thus can’t sue in court. It would find the Missouri Compromise of 1820 to be unconstitutional and aggravated sectional tensions between North and South. It’s wrong! Shockingly wrong! Dred Scott v. Sanford Super STAAR 130 Greatest American History Facts: Colonization thru Reconstruction

9. 105. In 1859 John Brown, An abolitionist who believed armed resistance to slavery was necessary, seized a federal arsenal in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to begin a slave rebellion. He was captured and later executed. Grab a gun and free yourself!!! I’ll be a hero to abolitionists everywhere!! (#16, 2000 TAAS) John Brown – Villain or Hero? abolitionist Super STAAR 130 Greatest American History Facts: Colonization thru Reconstruction