Challenges to Slavery

Question 1

How did the Dred Scott decision affect the election in 1860?

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It strengthened the Republican Party, which won the election.

Question 2

In the Scott v. Sandford case, why was the argument of Sandford’s widow based on the Fifth Amendment?

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She believed that Scott was her late husband’s property.

Question 3

Which best describes the status of slavery during the time of the Dred Scott case?

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Slavery was creating tension between the North and the South.

Question 4

After the Scott v. Sandford ruling, many people in the North believed that

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slavery might become legal everywhere.

Question 5

After the Scott v. Sandford ruling, many people in the South believed the argument over slavery

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had been settled.

Question 6

Which best explains why the abolitionist movement grew stronger as result of the Scott v. Sandford ruling?

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Many people were angry at the decision and thought it meant slavery would spread.

Question 7

Who was the chief justice of the United States during the Scott v. Sandford case?

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Roger B. Taney

Question 8

Where had Dred Scott lived before returning to Missouri?

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Illinois and Wisconsin

Question 9

Which best states how a section of the Missouri Compromise supported Dred Scott’s argument?

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The Missouri Compromise declared that an enslaved person gained his or her freedom upon entering a free state.

Question 10

Which was found to be unconstitutional based on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Scott v. Sandford?

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the Missouri Compromise

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