Scott v. Sandford (1857)

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• That slavery diminished the national character.
• That African American rights were protected by the Constitution.
• That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens
• That slavery should be abolished by executive order

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 at the time 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 I was not a citizen because

• I was a black person.

• I was too young.

• I owed too much money.

• I could not read.

The result of my 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 spred of slavery

• Free Soil Party
• Republican Party
• Democratic Party 
• Constitutional Party

An Illinois lawyer who became the 16^th President of the United States

• Abraham Lincoln
• Stephen Douglas
• James Buchanan
• John C. Fremont

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Controversial Supreme Court Case that led to all African Americans being declared noncitizens of the United States

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Dred Scott v. Sandford
• Marbury v. Madison
• Gibbons v. Ogden