Dred Scott and the Slavery Debate Cohort 6

An effect of the Supreme Court's ruling in Scott v. Sandford was that legal protection for slavery was strengthened. legal protection for slavery was weakened. the abolitionist movement was strengthened. the Missouri Compromise was strengthened.

legal protection for slavery was strengthened.

In its ruling on the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court decided that Congress could not ban slavery in free states. slave states. territories. free republics.

territories.

Where had Dred Scott lived before returning to Missouri? Missouri and Maine California and Virginia Kansas and Nebraska Illinois and Wisconsin

Illinois and Wisconsin

How did the Dred Scott decision affect the election in 1860? It gave rise to the Know-Nothing Party, which won the election. It gave rise to the Free Soil Party, which won the election. It strengthened the Democratic Party, which won the election. It strengthened the Republican Party, which won the election.

It strengthened the Republican Party, which won the election.

Which best explains why the abolitionist movement grew stronger as result of the Scott v. Sandford ruling? Many people were angry at the decision and thought it meant slavery would spread. Many people agreed with the decision but felt that slavery had spread far enough. Many people thought they could help the Scott family by joining the abolitionist movement. Many people thought they could help African Americans become citizens by joining the abolitionist movement.

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

Who was the chief justice of the United States during the Scott v. Sandford case? John Brown Roger B. Taney James Buchanan Millard Fillmore

Roger B. Taney

In the Scott v. Sandford case, why was the argument of Sandford's widow based on the Fifth Amendment? She believed that the Missouri courts had been unfair. She believed that Scott had been born in a slave state. She believed that Scott was trying to steal from her. She believed that Scott was her late husband's property.

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

Which best states how a section of the Missouri Compromise supported Dred Scott's argument? The Missouri Compromise declared that an enslaved person gained his or her freedom upon entering a free state. The Missouri Compromise drew a dividing line between slave states and free states. The Missouri Compromise declared that when a slave state entered the Union, a free state must enter as well. The Missouri Compromise determined the number of free and slave states in the Union.

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

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.

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

John Brown tried to help enslaved people in Kansas by stopping a violent uprising. urging plantation owners to revolt. attacking proslavery settlers. urging proslavery settlers to move.

attacking proslavery settlers.