Dred Scott Case/Election of 1860

Which was direct result of President Lincoln winning the Election of 1860?

• South Carolina seceded the Union

• Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter

• Union forces attacked Richmond, Virginia

• The Supreme Court declared that Stephen Douglas should be president

How did the Dred Scott v. Sanford (1957) Supreme Court case intensify the fight for abolition? 

• The high court ruled in favor of Sanford under the condition that he will free Dred Scott upon his death.

• The high court ruled in favor of Dred Scott granting him freedom; thus persuading society that slaves have rights.

• The high court ruled slaves are property and therefore have no rights; thus strengthening the fight for abolition.

• The high court ruled the issue of slave rights is reserved power and thus the states solely have authority to grant rights to slaves.

In the Dred Scott Case, the Supreme Court ruled:

• that states could nullify federal laws they didn't like.

• that slaves were not citizens, and therefore had no rights/could not sue.

• that runaway slaves could be captured in the north and returned to a southern state.

• that Missouri could be a slave state, but Maine had to be a free state.

Alexander Stephens fought the debate over secession in Georgia. If Georgia leaders had voted for secession, Georgia would have __________. 

• officially withdrawn from the Union

• agreed to a tariff

• ceded land to the Native Americans

• declared war on South Carolina

The proclamation known as "The Georgia Platform" was drafted by the Georgia politicians in December 1850. Which of these was one of the reasons this proclamation was created? 

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Dred Scott Case

The proclamation known as "The Georgia Platform" was drafted by the Georgia politicians in December 1850. Which of these was one of the reasons this proclamation was created? 

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Dred Scott Case