Dred Scott

Dred Scott

6th - 8th Grade

20 Qs

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Dred Scott

Dred Scott

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.7.9, RI.7.4, RI.7.2

+33

Standards-aligned

Created by

Maribel DeMelo

Used 22+ times

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the 1850's

The whole country allowed slavery.

Half the states allowed slavery and half did not.

Some of the new territories allowed slavery and some did not.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

to be considered property to be bought, sold, transferred, or inherited

inevitable

tensions

secession

enslaved

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Dred Scott was...

A free man

A slave owver

A Slave who gained his freedom

A slave who did not gain his freedom

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What evidence did Scott use to support his court case that he should be free?

John Emerson, his owner, had died.

The fact that he was moved around to many places because he was a slave and had not say in where he wanted to live.

He was not paid for his work.

He had lived the free state of Illinois and Wisconsin territory.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: Dred Scott felt that he was a free man, instead of a slave, because he had lived in a free state previously and was given his freedom there.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Scott went to court to...

ask for money to repay his days in slavery.

ask for freedom.

get married.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During Scott's life he was moved around

to only free states

to only slave states

to free states and slave states

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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