The Civil War in Georgia (Part I)

Question 1

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

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Roger B. Taney

Question 2

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 3

Where had Dred Scott lived before returning to Missouri?

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Illinois and Wisconsin

Question 4

John Brown tried to help enslaved people in Kansas by

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attacking proslavery settlers.

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 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 7

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

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slavery might become legal everywhere.

Question 8

An effect of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Scott v. Sandford was that

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legal protection for slavery was strengthened.

Question 9

Which best states how responses to the Scott v. Sandford decision differed in the North and South?

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People in the South welcomed the decision, while people in the North feared it.

Question 10

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.

The Civil War in Georgia (Part I) Answers