SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Chief Justice Taney was the son of a fiery abolitionist.
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Democratic candidate Taney was a poor Southerner.
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Chief Justice Taney was the son of a slaveholding family.
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Republican candidate Taney was a wealthy Northerner.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Roger B Taney can be best described by the third option. He was the son of a slave holding family. Roger Taney was the fifth chief Justice of the US. His family were slave owners in Maryland.
Detailed explanation-2: -Originally from Maryland, Taney had been a slaveholder until he emancipated his own slaves in 1818.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Sanford, United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney ruled that African Americans were not and could not be citizens. Taney wrote that the Founders’ words in the Declaration of Independence, “all men were created equal, ” were never intended to apply to blacks.
Detailed explanation-4: -Roger Brooke Taney (/ˈtɔːni/; March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was the fifth chief justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864.
Detailed explanation-5: -Which of the following best describes Dred Scott? Scott was an enslaved person who sued for his freedom.