SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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This is a good pportunity for us to be united
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African Americans who were slaves aren’t entitled to the rights of a federal citizen and therefore had no standing in court.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The majority opinion by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney also stated that Congress had no power to exclude slavery from the territories (thus invalidating the Missouri Compromise [1820]) and that African Americans could never become U.S. citizens.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Constitution allowed slavery to exist in the states but left Congress to decide its status in the territories.
Detailed explanation-3: -Chief Justice Roger Taney and six other Justices ruled that Missouri Compromise was illegal because Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in the territories, and slave masters were guaranteed property rights under the Fifth Amendment.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Dred Scott v. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Black people “are not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word ‘citizens’ in the Constitution, ” and so were not afforded the rights and privileges that it granted to American citizens.