
Dred Scott vs. Sandford (Youtube Video)
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main issue that led to the Civil War in the 1850s? (0:03)
Foreign policy disputes
The expansion of slavery in the American West
Economic differences between the North and South
Disagreements over taxation
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the status of slavery in Kansas during the 1850s? (0:10)
Slavery was allowed but not practiced
It was a free state with no slavery
It was a slave state
There was bloody fighting over whether it would be a slave state or a free state
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the Missouri Compromise accomplish? (0:46)
It banned slavery in all new territories
It allowed slavery in all new territories
It allowed Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state, banning slavery north of the 36, 30 parallel
It declared all African Americans as citizens
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Dred Scott argue? (1:10)
Argued that he was free since he once lived with his master in free territory
He argued for the right to vote in a presidential election.
He argued to be able to travel alone to Europe
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the Chief Justice during the Dred Scott v. Sandford case? (1:23)
Benjamin Curtis
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Roger B. Taney
John Marshall
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Chief Justice Roger B. Taney hope to achieve with the Dred Scott decision? (1:31)
To grant citizenship to all African Americans
To encourage Congress to find a solution to slavery
To strengthen the Union by supporting abolitionist sentiment
To settle the issue of slavery once and for all in favor of the South
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the controversial decision made by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case? (1:42)
Slaves could travel freely throughout the the country as they chose.
The Missouri Compromise was constitutional
Dred Scott was granted his freedom
Slaves could not be citizens and Congress could not ban slavery in the territories
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