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Lawyer from Illinois who debated Douglas for the Illinois Senate seat in 1858 and lost; he ran for President on the Republican ticket in 1860 and won

Senator from Massachusetts who fought for the passage of the Compromise of 1850

Missouri slave who began his legal quest in 1846 to gain his freedom, his case finally reached the Supreme Court in 1856, with the Court announcing its decision against him in 1857

Her best selling novel, published in 1852, provided many northerners with their first real look at the institution of slavery

Senator from Kentucky that work on his last compromise in 1850

Democrat elected President in 1856; spoke against secession but did nothing to stop it

Former Senator from Mississippi who became the only president of the Confederate States of America in February, 1861

Kansas abolitionist who led raids against a pro-slave town killing 5 men; led his followers to attack the federal arsenal Harpers Ferry, Virginia, he planned to lead a slave revolt in Oct 1859, he failed and was tried and executed for murder and treason

Senator from South Carolina who made his final defense of the South and slavery in the Senate debates on the Compromise of 1850

In 1856, he was the 1st Republican candidate for president, even though he didn’t win the election it showed the power of the new Republican Party

Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court who wrote the decision in the Dred Scott case; he was nominated by Andrew Jackson in 1835

Senator from Illinois who helped Clay get the Compromise of 1850 passed; created the Kansas-Nebraska Act; debated Lincoln for the Illinois senate seat in 1858; ran for President on the northern Democratic ticket in 1860 but lost