Dred Scott (at home learning) 10 questions

In the 1850s, who was the other party in Dred Scott's court case?

• his owner Sandford

• his owner's widow

• his enslaved worker

• the state of Missouri

In the Scott v. Sandford case, Sandford argued that

• an enslaved person in a free state should be granted freedom.

• a person's property can't be taken away without due process.

• enslaved workers should not be considered property.

• enslaved workers should have the right to a trial by jury.

Which of the following best describes the basis of Dred Scott's legal case?

• The Missouri Compromise stated that when an enslaved worker moved to a free state or territory, that person became free.

• The Fugitive Slave Act stated that when an enslaved person escaped to a free state or territory, that person became free.

• The Fugitive Slave Act stated that when a fugitive was captured in the North, that person did not have the right to a trial.

• The Missouri Compromise stated that when a free African American entered a slave state, that person became enslaved.

Who was the chief justice of the Supreme Court during the Scott v. Sanford case?

• John Brown

• Roger B. Taney

• James Buchanan

• Millard Fillmore

The Supreme Court's ruling in the Scott v. Sandford case declared which of the following was unconstitutional?

• the Compromise of 1850

• the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• the Fifth Amendment

• the Missouri Compromise

Which was a provision of the Supreme Court's ruling on the Scott v. Sandford case?

• Enslaved people were property and did not have the right to file a lawsuit.

• Free African Americans could enjoy the same rights as other US citizens.

• Slaveholders could only take enslaved workers into slave states or territories.

• The Missouri Compromise was constitutional and should be up held.

How did the public generally react to the Supreme Court's ruling on Scott v. Sandford?

• People in both the North and the South agreed with the Court's decision.

• People in neither the North nor the South agreed with the Court's decision.

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

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

What did many people in the North believe after the Supreme Court's ruling in the Scott v. Sandford case?

• Slavery might become legal everywhere.

• Slavery might be banned everywhere.

• Former enslaved people would move to the North.

• Former enslaved people would stay in the South.

In 1859, in the wake of the Dred Scott decision, John Brown

• tried to stop a violent uprising of enslaved workers.

• tried to create a violent uprising of enslaved workers.

• sponsored the relocation of proslavery settlers in Kansas.

• sponsored the relocation of anti slavery settlers in Kansas.

Which political party opposed the Dred Scott decision in 1857?

• the Know-Nothing Party

• the Free Soil Party

• the Democratic Party

• the Republican Party