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Dred Scott and the Slavery Debate Answers

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What was the ruling of the Missouri court in the Dred Scott case?

Only Scott should be free.

The Scotts should be freed, but the decision was later overturned.

The children of the Scotts would be free.

Only Scott’s wife should be free.

What did Dred Scott argue in the Scott v. Sandford case?

He was free because he had lived in free states.

He was free because he owned property.

He should not have been captured because he was a fugitive.

He should get his property back through due process.

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

Slavery had expanded across the country, and Northerners were nervous.

Slavery was banned almost everywhere, and Southerners were nervous.

Slavery was creating tension between the North and the South.

Slavery was not an important issue because of the Missouri Compromise.

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