Week 4: Knowledge Check

Dred Scott was famous for ___________. 

• being sued by someone else
• suing for his freedom
• being in the military
• being a famous doctor

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CCSS.RI.7.2

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CCSS.RL.7.1

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Dred Scott took his case to _________. 

• the state court
• the north
• the supreme court
• the south

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CCSS.RL.7.9

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Which Of The Following Was In The Final Ruling? (2 answers)

• Slavery Could Never Legally End

• Slaves Were Property And Not Citizens And Could Not Sue In Court

• Slavery Helped The Economy

• Slaves Were Essential To A Healthy Life

The Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) helped to increase sectional conflict because the decision

• denied Congress the power to regulate slavery in the territories

• allowed for the importation of enslaved persons for ten years

• prohibited slavery in lands west of the Mississippi River

• gave full citizenship to all enslaved persons

The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.

• permitted, prohibited
• prohibited, permitted or allowed
• sometimes prohibited, never allowed
• cheap, expensive

Why was popular sovereignty important in the Civil War?

• People living in a new territory to decide by vote of their territorial legislature
• To vote, you could send a letter of who you wanted to vote for
• If you didn’t want to vote in another state you didn’t have to
• People that wanted to vote, but were in another state than the one you lived in could vote without signing papers

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th presidents of the United States?

• True
• False

Which of these people ran for the Republican Party?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Stephen A. Douglas
• John Breckinridge

The first state to leave the Union after the Election of 1860 was...

• South Carolina
• North Carolina
• Georgia
• Mississippi

Who was John Brown?

• An Abolitionist

• President of U.S.

• A slave

• Guy who held slaves