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The north and the south became tow separate political entities.
Because John Brown was outnumbered and he should have had a lot more people to start with. Few black or white Americans were prepared to join a rebellion led by a fanatical abolitionist.
Taney led the U.S. Supreme Court as Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision.
some northerns liked him cuz he wanted to stop slavery
The Dred Scott decision declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and ruled that slaves were property. The decision did not necessarily alarm most people in the North.
He hoped to inspire a revolution that would end slavery.
The Republican presidential candidate did poorly in the 1856 US presidential elections. John Fremont, the candidate was too radical for most Americans. Also, the party was simply too new to have an impact.
Lincoln argued that it was wrong to decide whether to allow slavery in a state or territory by voting
During that time Taney led the Supreme Court, which declared slaves to be property.
