Dred Scott (at home learning) 16 questions

In the 1850 Dred Scott case, a Missouri jury ruled

• that only Scott, not his wife, should be free.

• that the Scotts should be granted their freedom.

• that the Scotts should remained endslaved.

• that only Scott's wife, not Scott, should be free.

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

Which of the following best describes Roger B. Taney?

• Chief Justice Taney was the son of a fiery abolitionist.

• Democratic candidate Taney was a poor Southerner.

• Chief Justice Taney was the son of a slaveholding family.

• Republican candidate Taney was a wealthy Northerner.

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

Read the Quotation

The legislation and histories of the times, and the language used in the Declaration of Independence, show, that neither the class of persons who had been imported as slaves, nor their descendants, whether they had become free or not, were then acknowledged as a part of the people. -Dred Scott v. Sandford 1857

This quotaation from the Supreme Court ruling in the Scott v. Sandford case relates to the

• lack of citizenship for free or enslaved African Americans.

• practice of importing enslaved workers from Africa.

• practice of relocating from a slave state to a free state.

• right of an owner to retain his or her property.

A provision of the Supreme Court ruling on the Scott v. Sandford case was later overturned by

• the Missouri Compromise.

• the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• the Fourteenth Amendment.

• the Fifth Amendment.

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.