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Dred Scott and the Slavery Debate Answers

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This map shows the

A
Mexican Cession.
B
Missouri Compromise Line.
C
Kansas-Nebraska Act territories.
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What effect did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the two new territories?

A
Territories were allowed to decide whether they would allow slavery.
B
Both territories would become slaveholding territories.
C
Violence broke out between those who wanted free territories and those who didn’t.
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The violence that occurred as a result was nicknamed Fighting✔ BleedingViolentKansas.

A
Fighting
B
✔ Bleeding
C
Violent
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Where was Scott taken by his slaveholder to live?

A
Virginia and Alabama
B
Illinois and Wisconsin
C
Missouri and Virginia
5

When did Dred Scott sue for freedom for himself and his family?

A
once he was back in the south
B
after his slaveholder died
C
when he got to Illinois
6

The ruling in the Dred Scott case was so significant because it addressed

A
whether slavery was morally right or wrong.
B
whether black people, both enslaved and free, had basic citizenship rights.
C
whether slavery should be allowed in the South.
D
whether territories could outlaw slavery.
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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who issued the ruling was Roger B. .

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In this quotation, who are “they”?

A
Republicans
B
slaveholders
C
African Americans
9

According to the passage, African Americans could not be slaveholdersenslaved people✔ citizens.

A
slaveholders
B
enslaved people
C
✔ citizens
10

What did the court decide when it came to the rights of African Americans?

A
Enslaved African Americans could never be made free.
B
Only free African Americans were citizens.
C
African Americans were not citizens, so they could not sue in federal court.
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What did this mean for Dred Scott?

A
Scott was not a citizen of the United States.
B
Scott was the property of the federal government.
C
Scott had no right to sue for his freedom in court.
D
Scott was considered the property of the slaveholding family.
12

What rule did the Missouri Compromise establish in the creation of new states?

A
Future states to the north of a set point would be free.
B
States could decide if they would be free or slave states.
C
All states would be free states.
13

Why was the Missouri Compromise declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision?

A
It gave rights to African Americans.
B
It allowed slavery in the free states.
C
It denied slaver owners the right to their property without due process.
14

Which amendment did the Supreme Court cite in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

A
the Fifth Amendment (protection against losing property without due process)
B
the First Amendment (the right to free speech)
C
the Second Amendment (the right to bear arms)
15

According to the ruling in Dred Scott, Congress was prohibited from

A
admitting new states to the union.
B
granting citizenship to African Americans.
C
prohibiting slavery in the territories.
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What were the effects of the decision? Check all that apply.

A
Abolitionists were angered by the decision and attacked slave owners in Kansas.
B
The decision helped to end the debate over slavery.
C
More people joined the abolitionist cause.
D
The decision strengthened support for the Republican Party.
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Which statement in the passage best reflects Sumer’s opinion of the Dred Scott decision?

A
“I speak what cannot be denied.”
B
“[The] judgment was sustained by a falsification of history.”
C
“The opinion was more thoroughly abominable than anything in . . . history.”
18

What does Sumner mean in the underlined text? Check all that apply.

A
The decision was not supported by the majority of Americans.
B
The decision had no basis in historical fact.
C
The decision was terrible and unfair.
19

How did the Dred Scott decision affect free African Americans?

A
They were granted citizenship, but enslaved Americans were not.
B
Both enslaved and free African Americans were declared citizens.
C
Just like enslaved African Americans, free African Americans were denied citizenship.
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What effect did the case have on the Republican Party?

A
It encouraged them to make slavery an important issue in the 1860 election.
B
It helped them to win more support from Southerners and slaveholders.
C
It made them want to abandon their antislavery positions.

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