SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Wisconsin
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Illinois
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Missouri
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Scotts claimed that they should be granted their freedom because Dred had lived in Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory for four years, where slavery was illegal, and laws in those jurisdictions said that slaveholders gave up their rights to slaves if they stayed for an extended period.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1846, an enslaved Black man named Dred Scott and his wife, Harriet, sued for their freedom in St. Louis Circuit Court. They claimed that they were free due to their residence in a free territory where slavery was prohibited. The odds were in their favor.