1. Ch. 15, Section 3 Challenges to Slavery
Pre-Civil War
Ch. 15, Section 3
Challenges to Slavery

2. The Dred Scott Decision
Enslaved African American
Owners moved to Illinois, then to Wisconsin territory
Case sent to Supreme Court
Court’s Decision
Not a citizen
Enslaved person=property
Divided the country even more
Enslaved persons could not file a lawsuit

3. Lincoln and Douglas Main topic of debates=slavery
Lincoln “ A house divided against itself cannot stand; I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free”
Douglas “ if the states cannot endure thus divided, then Mr. Lincoln must strive to make them all free or all slave, which will inevitably bring about a dissolution of the Union”

4. John Brown Video

5. John Brown’s Raid Harper’s Ferry, Virginia His plan: Captured
Seize federal arsenal
Spark uprising of enslaved people
Arm with weapons captured
Captured
10 men killed
Became a martyr to many

6. Terms to know Arsenal: a storage place for weapons and ammunition
Martyr: a person who dies for a great cause