The Dred Scott Decision

Events & Acts: Supreme Court decision in 1857 that ruled that African Americans were not U.S. citizens and could not sue in federal court; also Congress did not have the power to limit slavery

• Dred Scott Decision

• Lincoln-Douglas Debates

• John Brown's Raid

• Wilmot Proviso

What was the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case?

• that slavery diminished the national character

• that African American rights were protected by the Constitution

• that African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court

• that slavery should be abolished by executive order

People: slave that sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court

• Dred Scott

• Roger Taney

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• John Brown

People: Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; issued the Dred Scott decision in 1857

• Dred Scott

• Roger Taney

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• John Brown

In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court deliver its decision on the Dred Scott case?

• 1872

• 1848

• 1857

• 1865

Who was the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court who wrote the majority opinion in the Dred Scott case?

• William Rehnquist

• Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

• John Marshall

• Roger Taney

What did the Supreme Court rule in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

• Dred Scott was set free since he lived in a free state. Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.

• Dred Scott was property and not a citizen. Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.

• Dred Scott's owners were guilty of holding him against his will and were arrested. Missouri Compromise was constitutional.

• Dred Scott's owners had to pay Dred Scott for work he completed. Missouri Compromise was constitutional.

In regards to Dred Scott, the Supreme Court ruled:

• against him

• for him

• for his owner

• that he had no right as property to sue in Federal Court

Was the Supreme Court decision that said slaves were property and not citizens.

• Marbury vs. Madison

• Worcester vs. Georgia

• Dred Scott Case

• McCullough vs. Maryland

__________ sued for his freedom in _______________. However, the U.S. Supreme Court sided strongly with Southern views of slaves as "property" and "non-citizens" which further increased sectionalism in the U.S.

• John Brown, Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott, Dred Scott v. Sanford

• James Ogden, Ogden v. Gibbons

• William McCulloch, McCulloch v. Maryland