LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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Question
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Which of the following states was not one that Dred Scott lived in?
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Illinois
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Missouri
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Tennessee
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Wisconsin
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The decision involved the case of Dred Scott, an enslaved black man whose owners had taken him from Missouri, a slave-holding state, into Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory, where slavery was illegal.
Detailed explanation-2: -Born around 1800, Scott migrated westward with his master, Peter Blow. They travelled from Scott’s home state of Virginia to Alabama and then, in 1830, to St. Louis, Missouri. Two years later Peter Blow died; Scott was subsequently bought by army surgeon Dr.
Detailed explanation-3: -popular sovereignty. Which of the following was NOT part of the Dred Scott decision? The popular sovereignty doctrine was a violation of the First Amendment.
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