An enslaved man sued for freedom after living in free territory, but the Supreme Court ruled against him in 1857. Which event is described?

In October 1859, an abolitionist group seized a federal arsenal in Virginia hoping to arm enslaved people. Which crisis event is described?

Democrats split into northern and southern wings, four major candidates ran, and Abraham Lincoln won the presidency. Which event is described?

Which event declared that the Missouri Compromise's ban on slavery in the northern Louisiana Purchase territory was unconstitutional?

Marines under Robert E. Lee captured John Brown and his raiders at Harpers Ferry in October 1859. What happened to Brown after his capture?

A Supreme Court ruling said Congress could not ban slavery in territories. How did many antislavery northerners react?

Why did the Dred Scott decision make future compromises over western territories harder?

John Brown intended the Harpers Ferry raid to spark a slave uprising. What effect did the failed raid have in the South?

After John Brown was executed in 1859, some northern abolitionists praised him publicly. What effect did that have on sectional tensions?

Lincoln won in 1860 on a platform opposing slavery's spread into territories. What followed within weeks?

In the Dred Scott decision, what did Chief Justice Roger Taney say about Black Americans, whether free or enslaved?

Southern Democrats rejected Stephen Douglas's popular sovereignty position in 1860. What reaction showed that split?

After John Brown's raid, many white southerners feared more attacks. What step did many southern communities take?

Abolitionists who praised John Brown after his execution viewed him in what way?

Lincoln won the 1860 election without a single southern electoral vote. Why was he still able to win?

Use the timeline. After Dred Scott intensified the territorial slavery debate, what 1859 event at the blank further polarized the sections before Lincoln's election?

Use the timeline. Marines captured John Brown in October 1859. What event belongs in the blank, before the election of 1860?

In the 1860 election, which candidate ran for the Constitutional Union Party, stressing loyalty to the Union and winning mostly in the Upper South?

Use the timeline. What event belongs in the blank between Lincoln's election and the forming of the Confederacy?

Which order best shows the road to secession from 1857 to December 1860?