FCHS Dred Scott Decision

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 3/5th Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• The Missouri Compromise

Who WASN'T against slavery?

• Dred Scott

• Roger B.Taney

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

The trial took place in

• Washington D.C.

• Illinois

• New York

• Virginia

Dred Scott gave up and didn't get his freedom.

• True

• False