Dred Scott

Dred Scott was famous for ___________. 

• being sued by someone else
• suing for his freedom
• being in the military
• being a famous doctor

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CCSS.RI.7.2

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CCSS.RL.7.1

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Dred Scott took his case to _________. 

• the state court
• the north
• the supreme court
• the south

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Dred Scott _____ his case in the Supreme Court

• won
• lost
• tied
• dropped

Which of the following was not a ruling in the Dred Scott Case?

• People of African descent had no rights

• Slaves were not made free by living in a free territory

• Congress could not ban slavery in the territories

• Slaves were only allowed in established slave states

After the Dred Scott Supreme Court Case, where could slavery exist in America potentially?

• nowhere

• everywhere

• only in the West

• only in the South

Which law did the Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision strike down as unconstitutional?

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Fort Laramie Treaty

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

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