Understanding Black American History: Citizenship and the Dred Scott Case

What does US citizenship allow an individual to do?

• Guarantee employment in any state

• Choose where to live internationally without restrictions

• Vote, work, and travel with certain protections

• Automatically become a government official

What amendment grants citizenship to those born in the US?

• 5th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 1st Amendment

• 10th Amendment

Who was Dred Scott?

• An enslaved man who sued for his freedom

• A Supreme Court Justice

• A lawyer in the 19th century

• A politician advocating for slavery

What was the Missouri Compromise?

• A law that ended slavery in Missouri

• A decision to divide territories into free and slave regions

• A Supreme Court case similar to Scott v. Sandford

• Legislation that made Missouri a free state

What was a unique legal issue created by the expansion of the United States?

• Determining if a person could be free in one state and enslaved in another

• Deciding on the official language of new territories

• Establishing new trade routes

• Creating a new currency for each state

What was the Supreme Court's decision in Scott v. Sandford?

• Dred Scott was granted freedom

• Slavery was abolished in all states

• Dred Scott remained enslaved and Blacks could not be citizens

• All enslaved people were granted citizenship

What did Chief Justice Roger Taney state about Black people's rights?

• They were entitled to vote

• They had the same rights as white people

• They could become citizens if they were free

• They had no rights that white people were bound to respect

What was one of the long-term effects of the Scott v. Sandford decision?

• It unified the country's stance on slavery

• It immediately ended slavery in the US

• It solidified Black Americans as an underclass

• It granted citizenship to all Black Americans

How did the Scott v. Sandford decision affect US immigration policy?

• It influenced immigrants to prove their 'whiteness' for citizenship benefits

• It had no effect on immigration policies

• It opened citizenship to people of all races

• It made immigration easier for all

What did the 14th Amendment do in relation to the Scott v. Sandford decision?

• It abolished the Supreme Court

• It overturned the decision by upholding birthright citizenship

• It made no changes to citizenship laws

• It confirmed the decision