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Did abolitionists favor limited slavery?
They favored no slavery. They wished to "abolish" slavery. Hence the term abolitionists.
Why were the antislavery reformers called abolitionists?
Because abolitionists are fighting for abolitionism which is the movement to end slavery. Reformers such as Dorothea Dix were fighting for the insane who were being mistreated. So in a way abolitionists are reformers but they are fighting to end slavery.
Abolitionists wanted to get rid of what?
Slavery.
Were Free-soilers the same as abolitionists?
No, they were not. Free-Soilers wanted to stop the spread of slavery, while abolitionists wanted to abolish it alltogether.
What was the impact the Dred Scott decision on the political crisis?
Caused serious confusion about the legality of slavery. Taken literally, it meant that there was no such thing as free soil. This delighted the South. But the Abolitionists were greatly offended, and the highly public Lincoln-Douglas debates thrashed out the arguments at length.
