The Dred Scott Decision

What best describes Dred Scott ?

• slave who sued for his freedom

• slaveowner who sued for the return of a fugitive slave

• Georgia politician trying to ban slavery

• Supreme Court judge making a ruling on the spread of slavery

Dred Scott's case went to...

• the Georgia State Supreme Court.

• the United States Supreme Court.

• the U.S. Congress.

• Georgia General Assembly

The Dred Scott decision is referred to as "the Supreme Court case that...

• abolished slavery."

• declared the Fugitive Slave Act unconstitutional."

• caused the Civil War."

• resulted in the Compromise of 1850."

The Dred Scott decision...

• angered southerners, satisfied northerners.

• satisfied southerners, angered northerners.

• promoted the abolitionist movement.

• resulted in a compromise between the North & South.

The Dred Scott case pushed the nation closer to disunion & civil war?

• true

• false

According to the Dred Scott decision, any area of the country was open to the spread of slavery, possibly even the free states of the North?

• true

• false

(Please select three correct answers) In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves...

• were NOT citizens of the U.S.

• had NO right to sue in court.

• were considered to be the property of their owner.

• should all be freed immediately.

How did the Dred Scott case (1857) impact the Compromise of 1850?

• It overturned the Compromise of 1850 and made it obsolete.

• It upheld the Compromise of 1850.

• It made the Compromise of 1850 acceptable to all northerners.

• ALL choices

The ruling in the Dred Scott case protected the rights of...

• fugitive slaves.

• abolitionists.

• slave owners.

• anti-slavery groups.

What did the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case make possible?

• the abolition of slavery

• the restriction of slavery within the South

• the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act

• the spread of slavery into any free territory or state