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Republican Party
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political party formed in 1854 by opponents of slavery
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John C. Fremont
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Republican presidental candidate in 1856
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James Buchanan
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Democractic presidential candidate in 1856
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
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1856 Supreme Court case in which a slave, Dred Scott, sued for his freedom; the Court ruled against Scott
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Roger B. Taney
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Supreme Court chief justice who wrote the majority opinion in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford
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Abraham Lincoln
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Illinois Republican who ran against Stephen A. Douglas in 1858
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Harpers Ferry
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federal arsenal in Viriginia; captured in 1859 during an antislavery revolt
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Whig Party
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political party organized in 1834 to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson
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Know-Nothing Party
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anti-immigrant party formed in the 1850's
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