MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
COMPROMISE OF 1850
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Only Scott should be free
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The Scotts should be freed, but the decision was later overturned
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The children of the Scotts would be free
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Only Scott’s wife should be free
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Detailed explanation-1: -Missouri’s Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857. In its 1857 decision that stunned the nation, the United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.
Detailed explanation-2: -In Dred Scott v. Sandford (argued 1856–decided 1857), the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. The Court also ruled that Congress lacked power to ban slavery in the U.S. territories.
Detailed explanation-3: -After the Supreme Court’s decision, the former master’s sons purchased Scott and his wife and set them free. Dred Scott died nine months later.