Question

what happened in the Dred Scott Decision of 1857, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, and the election of 1860?

Answer 1

Dred Scott was a black man who lived in the free territories for five years, on that basis sued for his freedom in 1857 and didn't get it. The Lincoln Douglas Debates were held before the presidential election of 1860; slavery was a main topic of them and in 1860 Abraham Lincoln won...