Dred Scott Decision

The Dred Scott case made what Compromise unconstitutional.  

• The Compromise of 1850
• The Great Compromise
• The 3/5th Compromise
• The Missouri Compromise

Dred Scott is famous for 

• being sued
• suing for his freedom
• becoming a famous doctor
• winning his freedom

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the Dred Scott case was

• Roger B. Taney

• John Marshall

• Neil Gorsuch

• Antonin Scalia

What did the Supreme Court rule (decide)?

• Dred Scott was given his freedom
• Slavery was outlawed
• African Americans are not citizens

The Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott was not a citizen because

• he was a black person

• he was too young

• he owed too much money

• he could not read

The result of Dred Scott's fight for freedom caused a division in the country which led to

• World War 1

• the Vietnam War

• the Civil War

• the Revolutionary War

A political party formed to prevent the spread of slavery

(think back to what you read and watched yesterday)

• Federalist Party

• Republican Party

• Democratic Party

• Constitutional Party

Dred Scott believed he should be free because

• he had a wife and children

• Native Americans should be slaves

• he had lived in a free territory

• Missouri was a free state

The last year of Dred Scott's life

(this is not in the textbook, but was in the video)

• he was free

• he was in prison

• he was a slave

• he had two more children

How long did it take for the Dred Scott case to reach the Supreme Court

• one year

• one month

• 11 years

• 11 months