Homework 12-C - The 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

• that slavery should be abolished by executive order

The Supreme Court Chief Justice that issued the Dred Scott Decision was...

• Roger Tawney

• Zachary Taylor

• Dred Scott

• Franklin Pierce

The Dred Scott Decision ruled this unconstitutional.

• Missouri Compromise

• Slavery

• Creating new slave states

• Compromise of 1850

According to the Dred Scott decision, the _____________________ was abolished since the ______th amendment protected the right to property.

• Missouri Compromise; 6th

• Missouri Compromise; 5th

• Kansas Nebraska Act; 5th

• Kansas Nebraska Act; 6th

What reason did the judge in the Dred Scott case give the ruling that "members of the African race" did not a right to sue?

• They were not allowed into courthouses

• They were not actually U.S. citizens

• Few African-Americans could read

• They were not allowed to vote.

Which of the following was a question of the Court in the Dred Scott case?

• Can Africans be free?

• Do Africans have the right to sue in American court?

• Do freed slaves have the right to sue in American court?

• Does living in a slave state make a Black person a slave?

This former general was elected the 12th president. Unfortunately, he died just 16 months into his term.

• Zachary Taylor

• Millard Filmore

• Franklin Pierce

• Dred Scott

The 13th president, who professed to hate slavery, but used the power of the Federal government to force the return of fugitives to slaveholders.

• Zachary Taylor

• Millard Filmore

• Franklin Pierce

• Roger Taney

The 14th President, who was from New Hampshire but still favored the South over questions about slavery.

• Zachary Taylor

• Millard Fillmore

• Franklin Pierce

• Abraham Lincoln

A slave that sued for his freedom because his owner had taken him to live in the free state of Wisconsin.

• Frederick Douglass

• Nat Turner

• Bob Marley

• Dred Scott