Dred Scott

Dred Scott briefly lived in Illinois and Wisconsin which were both (a)   states

• free
• slave
• segregated
• integrated

What was the reason and argument Dred Scott used when he sued for his freedom?

• He wanted to live in a free territory

• He wanted to fight for what he believed in

• He wanted to bring the North and the South closer together

• He wanted to make people in the South happy and people in the North angry

• He had previously lived in free territories

What TWO are true regarding Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• Scott was granted his freedom

• Black people were granted citizenship

• Congress was able to stop slavery from spreading

• Scott was still considered a slave

• Black people were not considered citizens and had no right to sue.

What was the reaction of people in the North to the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• They were happy because they believed it would end slavery.

• They were indifferent because they didn't care about the issue of slavery.

• They were mad because they thought the Supreme Court said it was okay for slavery to spread.

• They were relieved because they thought it would lead to the abolition of slavery.

What was the impact of the Dred Scott v. Sandford court case?

• It granted citizenship to African Americans.

• It ruled that African Americans had no rights.

• It allowed African Americans to sue for their freedom.

• It was a factor that caused the Civil War

• It led to the abolition of slavery.

Dred Scott was a ​ ​ (a)   who traveled to the ​ (b)   with is owner. He then sued for his​ (c)   because he was in free territory.

• slave
• North
• freedom
• South
• free African American
• slavery

Identify the state in which Dred Scott originally lived in.

Identify the 2 states Dred Scott traveled to with his slaveholder.

Chief Justice ​ (a)   was a supporter of the ​ (b)   .

• Roger Taney
• South
• North
• John Marshall
• Abe Lincoln
• abolitionists movement

Match the following

• Wanted to abolish slavery

• Abolitionists

• being more loyal to a part of the country rather than the country as a whole

• Sectionalism

• not allowed due to not abiding by the Constitution of the US

• Unconstitutional

• not allowed

• Prohibited

• belonging to or being a member of a particular country,

• citizenship