Dred Scott and the Slavery Debate

What was the ruling of the Missouri court in the Dred Scott case?

• Only Scott should be free

• The Scotts should be freed, but the decision was later overturned

• The children of the Scotts would be free

• Only Scott's wife should be free

Where had Dred Scott lived before returning to Missouri?

• Missouri and Maine

• California and Virginia

• Kansas and Nebraska

• Illinois and Wisconsin

In the Scott v. Sandford case, why was the argument of Sandford's widow based on the Fifth Amendment?

• She believed that the Missouri courts had been unfair

• She believed that Scott had been born in a slave state

• She believed that Scott was trying to steal from her

• She believed that Scott was her late husband's property

What did Dred Scott argue in the Scott v. Sandford case?

• He was free because he had lived in free states

• He was free because he was now a slaveholder

• He should not have been captured because he was a fugitive

• He should get his property back through due process

Which best describes the status of slavery during the time of the Dred Scott case?

• Slavery had expanded across the continent, and Northerners were nervous

• Slavery was banned almost everywhere, and Southerners were nervous

• Slavery was creating tension between the North and the South

• Slavery was not an important issue because of the Missouri Compromise

Which best states how a section of the Missouri Compromise supported Dred Scott's argument?

• The Missouri Compromise declared that an enslaved person gained his or her freedom upon entering a free state

• The Missouri Compromise drew a dividing line between slave states and free states

• The Missouri Compromise declared that when a slave state entered the Union, a free state must enter as well

• The Missouri Compromise determined the number of free and slave states in the Union

Who was the chief justice of the United States during the Scott v. Sandford case?

• John Brown

• Roger B. Taney

• James Buchanan

• Millard Fillmore

Which was found to be unconstitutional based on the Supreme Court's ruling in Scott v. Sandford?

• the Compromise of 1850

• the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• the Fifth Amendment

• the Missouri Compromise

In its ruling on Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court decided that Congress could not ban slavery in

• free states

• slave states

• territories

• free republics

Which best states how responses to the Scott v. Sandford decision differed in the North and South?

• people in the North agreed with part of the decision, while people in the South agreed with all of it

• people in the North disagreed with the whole decision, while people in the South only agreed with part of it

• people in both the North and South disagreed with the whole decision

• people in the South welcomed the decision, while people in the North feared it